Word: academicized
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Many of these questions second semester will be directed toward upperclass students and advisers in academic departments. The concentration first-year students choose in the spring will place most of them in intensive tutorials and introductory courses during their sophomore fall.
Summer can be a time to relax from these academic pressures. It is also a chance to build experience that can turn into a career. Juniors in particular, may feel pressure to use the "last summer" to pad their resumes before the search for a real job.
Dean of Undergraduate Education William M. Todd III acknowledged that the decentralization of academic advising is an obstacle to swift reform, but said he was optimistic about future improvements.
Some concentrations went against the trend,however. Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations,a small department, got poor marks on questionssuch as satisfaction with academic and personaladvice, while students praised the largerDepartment of Biochemistry on the survey.
The IRS did not exonerate Gingrich -- it dealt only with the foundation itself -- nor did it address the merits of the House ethics violations case that resulted in the fine. But the ruling did support Gingrich's long-standing claim that the course was a legitimate, nonpartisan academic endeavor. In...