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What Ivy League Students Were Studying 250 Years Ago 1
- July 20, 2016
Here is the curriculum for Columbia University (“King’s College” at the time) in 1763. As you look through this list, keep in mind that the average age of the first-year student was fifteen! First Year Sallust, Historia Caesar, Commentaries Ovid, Metamorphoses Virgil, Eclogues Aesop, Fables Lucian, Dialogues ?New Testament Grotius, De Veritate Latin Grammar Greek Grammar English & Latin Themes Cornelius Nepos
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‘Vital Campus Dialogue is Being Snuffed Out’0
- Culture
- July 20, 2016
In a new mini documentary produced by We The Internet, former Brown University student Rob Montz visits his alma mater to ask an increasingly relevant question: “Is the university killing free speech and open debate?” In the course of the documentary, Montz details recent instances of student activism on the Brown campus, many of which
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Exchange Student: Chinese campus more tolerant than NYU 0
- Culture
- July 20, 2016
Ella Reider said she didn’t quite know what to expect prior to her study abroad in the People’s Republic of China. Reider, a Global Liberal Studies major at NYU who recently completed her sophomore year, is spending the year immersing herself in Chinese culture and learning the nation’s language at NYU-Shanghai, a portal campus the
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Why Can’t People Disagree Without Taking Things So Damn Personally?0
- July 20, 2016
Many in our audience express dismay about people not being able to discuss hot-button issues – politics, religion, race, sexuality – without it devolving into anger and name-calling. Why is it that people can’t have a disagreement without taking things so damn personally? Well, one obvious reason is human nature. Our positions on controversial topics
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Who Said It: Famous Philosopher Or Disney Character?0
- Education
- July 19, 2016
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Middle School Reading Lists 100 Years Ago vs. Today 5
- Education, Literature
- July 19, 2016
I recently dug up a 1908 curriculum manual in the Minnesota Historical Society archives. It provided instructions on everything from teacher deportment to recommended literature lists for various grades. As a book lover, I was especially interested in the latter! With the exception of a few textbook-like anthologies, the chart below lists the recommended reading material for
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