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...program attempts to combine the most effective aspects of the classical, more lecture-based curriculum and the small-group, problem-based New Pathways approach. The merger is being interpreted differently among the faculty; some professors see in the new prog...
...outside programs are often the key to childrens' academic success. "It's a vicious cycle," says Babette Edwards of the Harlem Tutorial and Referral Project. "Low standards, the lack of a rigorous, challenging curriculum is detrimental to kids." Her organization stresses basic reading and writing skills in individual and small-group after-school sessions...
...examination of small-group education beyond the tutorial. Ozment said he wants to discover the extent to which small, faculty-taught courses exist and if there are too many Core courses that also fulfill concentration requirements. "Is the Core and your tutorial pretty much it as far as education these days?" Ozment asked the seven committee members present...
...began to think about Africa as Nigeria's and Algeria's revolutions penetrated our Cambridge bubble. A few people tutored and coached needy kids, while the rest of us let the world's troubles wait. We studied a lot and aimed to qualify for honors--the only route to small-group intellectual activity. We hated the Cambridge government, felt superior to other colleges, and thought Boston to be a great city...
...Cuban dance bands wedded advanced jazz harmonies, big-band instrumentation and pulsing Latin rhythms, helping create salsa and change the course of modern jazz; of a stroke; in London. After World War II, such bebop jazz artists as Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker adapted his Afro-Cuban sound to small-group jazz and often performed and recorded with Machito...