who developed the hidden curriculum sociology
View PowerPoint Template. Examine Synder's idea of hidden curriculum and the effects it has on students and professors in higher education. In 1970, Benson Snyder, a dean at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, published a book called The Hidden Curriculum. In it, he argued that the college experience is inherently marked by conflict between students and instructors. In this conflict, students struggle to meet unstated academic and social norms, or a hidden curriculum.