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...last two years, the five subcommittees--one for each core division--have met on a semi-regular basis to review professors' course proposals. They examined proposed syllabi and reading lists, compared suggested course outlines with the Core guidelines, and often recommended ways to change the proposals so that they conformed with Core rules. The subcommittees frequently returned proposals to professors for revision. When a subcommittee found a course idea to its liking, it passed it along to the Core standing committee, which often sent proposals back to the subcommittees for reworking and occasionally rejected ideas outright. In the first year...
...recent Freshman Council survey shows most freshmen favor the provision of detailed syllabi in the first meetings of all courses...
...scale of one to seven, freshmen recorded an average of 6.2 in favor of the syllabi, which would include detailed reading assignments, examination dates and grading policies...
This impressive ideal was implemented in a program of year-long integrated courses, which could be passed by a comprehensive examination or passed out of in initial placement tests. Members of the College faculty devoted themselves to the preparation of the syllabi for these unique courses. Hutchins planned for an emphasis on method rather than content so that the student would develop, with the professor, a technique of critical analysis rather than a list of memorized facts. A Humanities course would not attempt to familiarize students with a wide historical range of "the greats" of literature or art. Instead...
Problems of the teaching profession at Annamalai include working effectively within the externally determined syllabi and examinations. Some professors feel their creativity is hampered. But this national system does lend stability to the educational process in a time of great change. The promotional process is also accause for some concern. Advancement from lecturer to reader to professor is based entirely on seniority. In addition, a general policy of one professor to one department serves to maintain the average age of an Annamalai professor at about...