Word: programing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...CORE CURRICULUM stands a chance of degenerating into a collection of aging, uninspired courses that appear in the catalogue every year only because they were there the year before. But if the new curriculum does not meet expectations, Faculty members and students working on the program won't be solely to blame. Rather, the pride and stubbornness of professors teaching in the Core could turn the program into a clone of its predecessor, General Education...
...problems with Gen Ed, according to the Core's founders, was that it lacked specific standards for the courses offered under its aegis. The Core has taken care of that, much to the dismay of some students and Faculty members, by setting goals for courses in each of the program's ten divisions. The Core committees, which review potential courses, have for the most part taken seriously their role as enforcers of those guidelines, rejecting some suggestions outright and sending others back to professors for extensive revision. In the Core's first year, "a number of proposals--including many excellent...
...prior scrutiny constitutes only one-half of the Core review process; the program must have some method for insuring that professors and course material don't become stale. Under Gen Ed, even the most stimulating professors often became unexciting after teaching the same material year after year. Despite its guidelines, the Core runs the same risk...
...people working on the Core--for whom the tattered Gen Ed program should serve as an example of what not to do--know they must develop some method for keeping tabs on courses once they become part of the program. What they remain uncertain about is exactly how to do that. So far, each of the Core's five subcommittees has been allowed to use whatever method it likes for evaluating the courses offered under its authority--with varied success...
...felt comfortable with the student-athlete life. "People who know me know how important academics are to me," the economics major says. And his future is certainly heavy on the academics: he plans to apply to Ivy League law schools this year, and maybe to a joint J.D.-MBA program later...