Word: curriculums
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Bowersock looks on that higher quality characteristic as the most important: "I don't think any curriculum can stand on theory--what matters is that the theory is backed up by solid teaching." In Bowersock's case, it was. For his Historical Study B-11, "The Christianization of the Roman World,"--which, Bowersock says, he would not have developed if not for the Core--he spent months poring over primary sources, ultimately compiling enough research to fill an 800-page volume he used in the class. "It was a wonderful experience, and I think from the responses of students that...
Based on that and the quality of professors teaching in the program, Rosovsky says, "I allow myself to hope that we have improved undergraduate education. I've always said curriculum is not the only issue in undergraduate education. I realize that very well. There are many other things, but this is one discrete part." Discrete, perhaps, but definitely the most prominently displayed...
Based on a series of open meetings and an exhaustive survey of 25 per cent of undergraduates, the committee issued 13 recommendations, among them the inclusion of courses on race relations in the Core Curriculum and the establishment of a discrimination grievance procedure...
...change of most immediate concern to incoming MBAs is the addition of a new required course to the first-year curriculum. The course, entitled "Human Resources Development," will deal with the development of human resource strategies to enhance worker satisfaction and productivity. This kind of course, Heskett says, addresses the business-social interface Bok spoke...
...least a great deal of thought at the B-School. The president's comments examined issues with which the school had long been concerned. He recommended, beyond the shift in emphasis away from the case method, an increased awareness of business ethics as an important part of the MBA curriculum, greater exposure for MBA candidates to business-government and business-society interfaces, a change in structure for the school's doctoral program, and an increased stress on faculty research...