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...Kennedy School of Government next week may offer a newly-created assistant deanship of the Master of Public Administration Program to a student who will receive his MPA in graduation ceremonies today...
...long ago students thought a law school degree was the ticket to fame and fortune. But these days, if a student with a BA in his hand does not know what to do next, he is more apt to shrug and say, "I guess I'll go to business school." As President Bok says in his annual report this year, treating the B-School, "Before long, a business education will rival legal training as an outlet for ambitious students of uncertain vocation, since everyone who aspires to 'take charge' and 'run something' will perceive that a business degree offers...
When Bok's report first came out, student reaction centered on criticism of the case method, which many students support. Bok acknowledges in his report that the case method, which exposes students to business problems and allows them, through decision-making and Socratic discussion with their professors, to learn about problems of management, "has undoubtedly played a central role in Harvard's successful effort to train general managers...
...think we need any major changes in the teaching format," argues Michael Nesbit, vice president of the Business School Student Association. "A few marginal changes in the amount of background material we receive might be necessary, but the basic structure is sound...
Maybe so. The Board claims it has been working hard since 1977 to give Radcliffe a much-needed facelift. One obvious change in Radcliffe is a bureaucratic one. While the Harvard Corporation seems to prefer a low profile, the Radcliffe Trustees are actively soliciting student and community input. Student representatives attend the four annual Board meetings and the Board sends representatives to neighborhood council meetings in Cambridge, Susan Storey Lyman '49, chairman of the Board, says Radcliffe feels a strong need to avoid the "town-gown" problem characteristic of the relationship between Harvard and Cambridge. "We've learned from Harvard...