Word: projects
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ford Foundation has given the Harvard Law School a year's extension of time in which to raise $500,000 for the International Legal Studies project. In January, 1955, the Foundation had offered the Law School half a million dollars if the School could match that total within two years...
...attempts to raise funds have centered largely around interested corporations and foundations which have a stake in the development of Harvard's project. "We have been trying to avoid canvassing alumni in our drive," Katz said, "because we don't want to disturb the regular Alumni Fund procedure...
...would be in the area of "independent study," and the persuasive thing about adopting this suggestion is that it is really no departure at all. For the University has already put into operation the so-called "course reduction" program under which some students are permitted to pursue an approved project in place of course requirements; and certainly the senior honors essay, or thesis, is the epitome of successful independent study. And even the tutorial program, at least in theory, is the independent pursuit by tutor and tutee of a mutually interesting, and mutually beneficial, program of study and discussion...
...subject would be less ambitious in the second and third years than in the senior year, but one has only to look at the average College Board scores and I.Q. ratings to know that almost any student admitted to Harvard is capable of undertaking more than one challenging independent project. If there are exceptions, that is the fault of the Admissions Board, not the curriculum: and with the increasing flood of applications, there should be no trouble in keeping admissions standards high...
...study, the student in both sophomore and junior years would have to produce one 10,000 word paper on a subject within his own area of concentration and one 5,000 word paper on a subject outside his own area. Science students would produce either a project or paper of similar scope. In senior year, the period would be used to produce only the thesis, a paper of 15,000 to 25,000 words. General examinations would follow upon the handing in of this extended paper and would mark the end of the winter term...