Word: backgrounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most students who arrive at Harvard have the capacity to recognize courses that will aid their intellectual growth. The College can advise all students that a strong Gen Ed background is valuable and important. Nothing more is necessary other than the implementation of a much stronger advisory system. If students are forced into taking these courses they will probably make little attempt to learn from the subject matter...
Bunting-Smith used her scientific background to implement her ideas, Bunting said...
...Many Asian-Americans believe that as long as they work hard and act quietly [and] inoffensively, white America won't notice or care that they're of Asian background. Consequently, they shun AAA," he added...
Their choice is often influenced by their background in mathematics, and is usually guided further by their concentration...
...Detailed background on boys' hometown of Tulsa, Okla.: ("Tulsa is proudly multi-culti...