Download or read book Administration of the College Curriculum (Classic Reprint) written by William T. Foster and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Administration of the College Curriculum The chief movement in the history of the college curriculum in America is the breakdown of prescribed programs through the evolution of the Elective System. Accordingly, this movement is the dominant interest in any study of the curriculum, historical or critical. A generation ago it was interesting to speculate on what might happen if this principle of free choice should work its way down to the freshman year. Since then, opinions on this subject have lost their charm, for a vast body of actual experience now invites organization and interpretation. In the archives of Harvard College alone are the records of nearly half a century of elective studies. Here is a well-equipped laboratory awaiting students of higher education. Interpreted by proper statistical methods, these records can give guidance in the administration of the college curriculum beside which the opinion of any man, or any body of men, is insignificant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.