November 09, 2011 (vol. 122, iss. 45) • Page Image 12
…, Arabic, Armenian and Turkish remain popular among students. Outside of academics, students and professionals work to create a safe and hospitable environment for religion to be practiced and investigated…
… student body exceeded University Hall chapel's 500-per- son capacity. Tappan's policies followed the changing con- temporary attitudes in higher education around the country. "I would say the University was…
… the curriculum, Tappan and his successors still wanted theology schools to be established in and around Ann Arbor for students to keep up with religious studies outside of the University. Once the…
… faculty had expanded to 31 members and the student body to 652 students by 1863, religion and theology were combined with other areas of study - notably philosophy - and theol- ogy was no longer taught on…
… its own. Fast-forward to 2011. The study of religion still resembles Tappan's model of the 1860s. Students wishing to study reli- gion can do so in departments such as psychology or English. Over the…
… academic perspective Scholars from different departments came together to head a Program on Studies in Religion, making the study of religion a concentration readily available to students. According to Ralph…
… students to take, the standard give-and-take among peers is lost. "It's enormously useful to have others who are following something of the same curriculum in classes with you, so you can discuss areas of…
… interest, be in seminars together and do courses in methodology together," Williams said. "Students can do Independent Concentration Projects, but indepen- dence is often accompanied by isolation and it…
… takes very great effort on the part of the student and faculty adviser for the ICP to overcome that isolation." The program was halted because faculty members could not afford to split time between the…
… for the well-being of any university. On the other end of the spectrum, external parties have raised questions about the liberal approach in classroom ped- agogy. Relying heavily on students' freedom…

















































