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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...examination of Columbia's enrolment figures would enlighten those who wondered why Columbia did not produce "for example, a success ful football team." (Columbia College, whence the team came, had but 1,818 stu dents.) A man who has been wondering just what Columbia is producing is Dr. Abra ham Flexner, investigator since 1908 of U. S. and European universities and medi cal schools, expert (1908-12) to the Carnegie Foundation, member (1912, secretary 1917-25) of the Rockefeller General Election Board, director of the Institute of Advanced Study, built with $5,000,000 given by Louis Bamberger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Women, Expansion, Flexner | 12/15/1930 | See Source »

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