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Also in 1920:
Dean Donham proposes a "case system" of teaching, based in part on his own law school training, and aimed at bringing business reality into the classroom.
With Dean Donham's strong encouragement, economist and HBS Professor Melvin T. Copeland produces the first HBS casebook: Marketing Problems.
Business Policy (integrative 2nd-year course) is made mandatory
Copeland articulates HBS "case method" to Marketing classes
Corporation approves five-year "joint program" of HBS and Engineering School
Donham calls for HBS buildings "adequate to house a school of 1000"
Industrial Management (later called Production) is included in mandatory first-year curriculum
Would-be Shakespeare scholar Malcolm McNair joins faculty
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Timeline: 1920
Harvard (and HBS) tuition increases from $200 to $250: HBS still "loses" $150 per student
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