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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bial's index is not meant to replace the SAT or any other current standard, Bial said, but is instead a "tool that can be used to help college admissions officers broaden the way they assess and admit applicants...

Author: By Rachel S. Weinerman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Legos Integrated Into Aptitude Tests | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

Under our current social arrangement, college is the bridge to adulthood. The purpose of a liberal arts education is purportedly to broaden the mind and expose students to the wealth of collected human wisdom. Harvard has certainly exposed me to much of that wisdom, but only as the object of analytic inquiry. In pursuing my degree in social studies, I have read many great works of philosophy. I have been taught how to critique their internal consistency, historically contextualize them and turn them inside out in countless other ways. Along the way, the few things that I have learned about...

Author: By Noah Oppenheim, | Title: An Argument for Moral Education | 11/5/1999 | See Source »

...addition to teaching history at Harvard, Hughes was one of six founders of the Standing Committee on Social Studies in 1960, which created a new concentration to broaden social science students' knowledge beyond narrow specialties...

Author: By Daniel P. Mosteller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Former History Prof., Activist Hughes Dies at 83 | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...this year, organizers of the forum and Career Week, a three-day event meant to introduce students to their options after graduation, are making an increased effort to broaden the fare of employment opportunities they present...

Author: By Heather B. Long, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Career Forum to Include New Recruiters | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

...broaden the reach of the vigil, the organizers incorporated other groups who were affected by the events Christopher Columbus set in motion...

Author: By Christopher J. Yip, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Honor Native Americans With Vigil on Columbus Day | 10/12/1999 | See Source »

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