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...been a source of discontent, so has the lecture-exam rote system of instruction. The idea has long been abandoned that a three-hour exam teaches a student more than a term paper or is more conducive to instilling a genuine interest in the material. The freshman seminar program, small-group instruction such as independent studies, and tutorial were introduced as alternatives to the lecture system--and with overwhelming success and popularity. But these programs all started in the 1950's and have expanded little since. Financial considerations have limited their growth, but if a professor is sufficiently convinced that...
...conference, which has drawn divinity students from 11 other East Coast Schools, will continue today with lectures and small-group discussions. Similar conferences are being held this weekend at seminaries in New York and Pennsylvania...
...asks for the first major Med School curriculum change since the Flaxner report was released. It suggests cutting the workload, offering many new courses, and beginning small-group teaching on a large scale. For the first time, students could choose a number of courses for themselves...
Last fall Harvard's Army ROT unit formed a counter-guerilla platoon. About 15 or 20 cadets continue to practice bridge-building, ambus demolition, and small-group movements as an extra-curricular active for which they get no ROTC credit...
...came at a time when many other U.S. bishops have taken steps to head off such incidents in their dioceses. In dozens of American seminaries, rectors have agreeably recognized student councils, emphasized new courses in pastoral psychology and sociology instead of medieval philosophy, dropped lectures in Latin for small-group, give-and-take seminars, ended compulsory curfews. Many seminaries now have regular courses in modern Protestant theology...