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What is Charles Eliot's significance to the history of Harvard?

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Under Charles W. Eliot , the college became a great modern university. Its physical plant and curriculum were expanded, the graduate school was established, and the law and medical schools were reorganized. Eliot is also noted for his introduction of the elective system at Harvard.

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