Word: bucked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...report produced by Director of the Summer School Peter S. Buck instead proved to be little more than a progress report on the school's development and a primer on its history and structure...
...Buck's report maintains that Summer School courses "are chosen with two criteria in mind: 'Do they satisfy Harvard's academic standards?' [and] `Do they meet demonstrable student interest...
...Buck's report to the Faculty Council, he listed the summer program's priorities as follows: first, to make Harvard's resources available to a broader range of people; second, to give financial assistance for minorities, economically underprivileged people, women interested in science and Boston secondary school teachers; and third, to make money...
...days this used to be the third semester of Harvard College but now it's more like the third semester of the Extension School," Buck says, refering to the part of the University which offers night courses to area residents...
...Buck adds that when Harvard undergraduates had to pay to take a fifth or sixth course, many students took classes for degree during the summer. During that time courses remained in the curriculum regardless of student interest...