Word: programming
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Aside from its relevance to today's society, Eckstein said, the course is also popular because many students see it as useful for law or business careers. In addition, the course's emphasis on teaching attracts many students, he said, citing its orientation program for new section leaders every fall and its special sections for mathematical, "radical" or self-paced approaches, Eckstein said...
...speech Wednesday before the New England Chapter of American Electronic Association and the Massachusetts High Technology Council, Gray proposed an electrical engineering program that would allow six students to spend one full-time semester on campus and a second term in part-time off-campus study. The council and several high technology firms have called Gray's proposal inadequate...
Cambridge was a smaller city then--42,000 residents, $50 million in taxable property--and the customs and habits of the city's residents differed considerably from today's. No fireworks or parades for these forefathers. Instead, the day featured speeches, more speeches, and then, to finish the program, still more speeches...
EEVERYTHING was going well for the Core Curriculum back in May 1979. In their first year of operation, the Core committees had attracted 85 courses to the fledgling program--53 of them new. The Core was more than halfway to its target of offering 80 to 100 courses a year, and Dean Rosovsky was ecstatic. "Under the circumstances I find it quite remarkable that we have been able to come up with the array of courses we are prepared to offer next year. I personally think it is an impressive start, and it is certainly a tribute to the willingness...
...committees forged ahead into the second year. They solved a few of the nagging problems, but they added only 19 new courses to the program's repertoire. Combined with the loss of six classes for various reasons, that left the Core only 13 courses bigger than it was the year before. Not a disaster, but--in light of the first-year achievements--very disheartening...