Stanford catches ‘Harlem Shake’ fever
The Class of 2016 has been the most active, with several freshman dorms filming versions of the Harlem Shake video.
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School of Humanities discontinues Individually-Designed Major program
Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences has discontinued its Individually-Designed Major (IDM) program, which previously allowed undergraduates to construct and pursue their own curriculum outside… Continue Reading »
Burbank to get residential programs based on SLE
Stanford will launch two new yearlong residential programs for freshmen, modeled off of the well-reviewed Structure Liberal Education (SLE) curriculum, next fall.
Freshmen discuss the value of liberal education in new ESF program
“Do you think a liberal education makes you happier?”
Existential Fortune Cookies: Finding happiness
I am here to tell you that finding happiness isn’t easy. It is not a simple matter of making a checklist of to-dos and then completing them as your happiness grows.
SLE officials downplay SUES effect
Despite concerns about impact from the Faculty Senate’s recent decision to substantially reduce freshman requirements, officials expect little immediate change in Structured Liberal Education (SLE) programming.
The IHUM epic: transformation of the humanities at Stanford
The Faculty Senate closed the book on the Introduction to the Humanities (IHUM) program by voting on March 8 in favor of replacing the program with a one-quarter “Thinking Matters” course, scheduled to launch this coming fall. Although IHUM was a quintessential fixture of the Stanford experience for recent students, it was only the latest edition in Stanford’s history of freshman liberal arts programs, an undergraduate tradition that is nearly 90 years old.
Harvard prof Louis Menand tells tale of Great Books
Harvard English professor Louis Menand declared the era of Great Books curriculum “over” at a talk Thursday evening at the Stanford Humanities Center. He added, however, that vestiges of the curriculum still linger, and the effect it has had on the structure of American universities has been profound.