Word: americans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...There is no longer any place in the American university tradition for riots," Griswold said. "Every time one happens it weakens the urgent case American higher education is trying to present to the public...
...noted corresponding editor of the Economist is back for her third spring in Cambridge. The visit is the result of a Carnegie Foundation Grant, administered through Radcliffe, making it possible for Miss Ward "to look into various aspects of economic assistance programs and their effectiveness in relation to American long-term policy." Work under the Grant causes her to divide her time between Washington, UN Headquarters in New York, and Cambridge...
Since the Russians sallied past the stratosphere, and the American education lobbies learned that they could equate their own legitimate interests with the national defense, Americans have eyed the plight of the secondary schools. James Bryant Conant has completed his study. Parents berate their school boards for inadequately preparing their children for college...
Professor Williams twists the knife a little deeper. He warns parents that American colleges are educationally inadequate for their children. The essence of his argument: "Students in our universities are not learning as they should and the teacher is at fault...
Professor Williams is right. Even at the best colleges, learning evokes little student excitement; few undergraduates understand the ideological foundations of Western Civilization; few find purpose or direction. Williams maintains that American colleges have not changed their attitudes or methods in at least the last forty years, even though the world has experienced drastic changes. He justifiably asks: "If Nero became infamous for fiddling while Rome burned, what will be the future reputation of the modern college professor...