Core Curriculums Favor Knowledge Over Mastery
On rival core curricula in the Ivy League.
Colgate’s Core Curriculum follows the Harvard’s distributional model, which favors knowledge over mastery.
In their football rivalry that dates back to 1877, Harvard holds a commanding advantage over Columbia, the Crimson having won fifty-three of their joint contests as against just fourteen defeats, including a 34–14 decision over the Lions last season. Among Ivy League institutions, Harvard has long had one of the strongest football programs and Columbia one of the weakest. (read more)
Trustee Conflicts of Interest
One-fourth of private colleges do business with trustees' companies. Whose interests come first?
Colgate Trustees sign an annual Conflict of Interest disclosure, which is not public. Some of the Colgate endowment portfolio is invested with trustees’ or their spouses’ companies. (read more)