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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The amount of lecturing at these schools in the humanities seems quite bad though I realize that this has been known for a while[/b].  There are a few bright spots.  I will, for example,  give Duke some credit for offering a surprising number of seminar courses to even freshman, including, surprisingly, in their lit department, which is perennially filled with celebrity hotshot professors.  Columbia has their core curriculum, which I believe is delivered in seminar format. But overall, the situation is far from ideal.  Harvard has always been known for having this problem, but I was surprised by the extent to which Yale seems intent on delivering humanities classes in the form of an old professor droning on and on (perhaps with a weekly section led by a TF).  Is this a recent development or was this always the case?   [/quote]
I don't understand your first sentence. How would you teach humanities other than lecture? Didn't realize this was a "known issue".[/quote]

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