Word: rigidness
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Leadership, perhaps. Curricular models, not so much. While Harvard may lead the nation’s colleges in prestige, few look at its current Core program with anything resembling envy. Columbia University’s rigid “Great Books” system and Brown University’s complete absence of Core requirements are the two curricular extremes of the Ivy clique. Harvard’s Core program stands right in the middle, with a curriculum that’s more than a distribution requirement and yet not quite the shining beacon of liberal arts education that...
...really frustrated because if it doesn’t count. I’ll have to take Magic of Numbers of something, even though [Applied Math 21a] is so much harder. I just think the Core office is overly rigid in the standards it places for classes to be substitutes for Cores...
...travel remains one of the last bastions of rigid social stratification. First- and business-class flyers enjoy expedited check-in, curtained-off cabins and a lot more legroom. But with the economy heading toward recession, fewer companies are willing to pay for such perks. In fact, more employers are pushing their executives onto discount airlines--even in Europe, where intercity air travel has long been more expensive than...
...don’t think we should have a rigid formula,” Grindlay said. “If everyone in a particular class, whether it be six or 60, is doing superb work, then it should be duly noted...
Kirby identified rigid Core and concentration requirements as a central obstacle faced by students wishing to study abroad, and he advocated loosening those requirements...