Harvard and Radcliffe Classes of 1975 Forty-fifth Anniversary Report
Title | Harvard and Radcliffe Classes of 1975 Forty-fifth Anniversary Report PDF eBook |
Author | Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1975 |
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Pages | 447 |
Release | 2020 |
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The Jewish Experience at Harvard and Radcliffe
Title | The Jewish Experience at Harvard and Radcliffe PDF eBook |
Author | Nitza Rosovsky |
Publisher | Museum |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Education |
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An introduction to an exhibition at the Harvard Semitic Museum on the occasion of Harvard's 350th anniversary, September 1986. Discusses the proposed quota for Jewish students at Harvard in 1922, when the Jewish student body had reached 22%. Harvard president A. Lawrence Lowell (also vice-president of the Immigrant Restrictive League) feared that the influx of "undesirable" Jewish students would prevent others from applying, undermine the university's American tradition, and heighten antisemitism. Describes reactions of alumni, students, and the press. Although an investigating committee affirmed the traditional policy of non-discrimination, an unofficial quota was adopted in 1925 and lasted until the 1950s. Regarding Radcliffe, there is evidence of tacit restrictions on Jewish admissions, but relations between Jewish and Gentile students were good. Includes excerpts from memoirs, and reprints of articles about social prejudice against Jews.
In Brown's Wake
Title | In Brown's Wake PDF eBook |
Author | Martha Minow |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 2010-08-17 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0199721483 |
What is the legacy of Brown vs. Board of Education? While it is well known for establishing racial equality as a central commitment of American schools, the case also inspired social movements for equality in education across all lines of difference, including language, gender, disability, immigration status, socio-economic status, religion, and sexual orientation. Yet more than a half century after Brown, American schools are more racially separated than before, and educators, parents and policy makers still debate whether the ruling requires all-inclusive classrooms in terms of race, gender, disability, and other differences. In Brown's Wake examines the reverberations of Brown in American schools, including efforts to promote equal opportunities for all kinds of students. School choice, once a strategy for avoiding Brown, has emerged as a tool to promote integration and opportunities, even as charter schools and private school voucher programs enable new forms of self-separation by language, gender, disability, and ethnicity. Martha Minow, Dean of Harvard Law School, argues that the criteria placed on such initiatives carry serious consequences for both the character of American education and civil society itself. Although the original promise of Brown remains more symbolic than effective, Minow demonstrates the power of its vision in the struggles for equal education regardless of students' social identity, not only in the United States but also in many countries around the world. Further, she urges renewed commitment to the project of social integration even while acknowledging the complex obstacles that must be overcome. An elegant and concise overview of Brown and its aftermath, In Brown's Wake explores the broad-ranging and often surprising impact of one of the century's most important Supreme Court decisions.
The Inception of Modern Professional Education
Title | The Inception of Modern Professional Education PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce A. Kimball |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 2009-06-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0807889962 |
Christopher C. Langdell (1826-1906) is one of the most influential figures in the history of American professional education. As dean of Harvard Law School from 1870 to 1895, he conceived, designed, and built the educational model that leading professional schools in virtually all fields subsequently emulated. In this first full-length biography of the educator and jurist, Bruce Kimball explores Langdell's controversial role in modern professional education and in jurisprudence. Langdell founded his model on the idea of academic meritocracy. According to this principle, scholastic achievement should determine one's merit in professional life. Despite fierce opposition from students, faculty, alumni, and legal professionals, he designed and instituted a formal system of innovative policies based on meritocracy. This system's components included the admission requirement of a bachelor's degree, the sequenced curriculum and its extension to three years, the hurdle of annual examinations for continuation and graduation, the independent career track for professional faculty, the transformation of the professional library into a scholarly resource, the inductive pedagogy of teaching from cases, the organization of alumni to support the school, and a new, highly successful financial strategy. Langdell's model was subsequently adopted by leading law schools, medical schools, business schools, and the schools of other professions. By the time of his retirement as dean at Harvard, Langdell's reforms had shaped the future model for professional education throughout the United States.
Harvard Bulletin
Title | Harvard Bulletin PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 868 |
Release | 1971 |
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New Serial Titles
Title | New Serial Titles PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 242 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Periodicals |
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The Harvard Law School
Title | The Harvard Law School PDF eBook |
Author | Eliot Norton |
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Pages | 92 |
Release | 1899 |
Genre | Law |
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