Word: chairmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...members are invited to serve--and disapproved of student testimony in decisions of tenure. But they went on record as favoring some form of student evaluation of teachers' classroom performance. And they called for the creation of more effective machinery to transmit criticism from students to administrators and Department chairmen. They even suggested the establishment of "ad hoc courses"--seminars on topics such as Vietnam, which would be determined at the beginning of each term--to build the teach-in into the normal curriculum...
There have been numerous reports, for example, that the Chairman of a social science department has warned teaching fellows that they will "jeopardize their careers" by working in Social Studies. Through reports and recommendations, Department chairmen may exercise a paramount influence in the careers of the men who work for them. Those who have been affected by this subtle combination of threat and persuasion are understandably fearful that publicity will only aggravate the problem. They have refused to be quoted or named...
...accordance with the procedure approved last October, the HPC has delegated responsibility for compiling information to the chairmen of these panels, who are assigned to investigate their own departments. It has given the chairmen complete freedom in selecting panel members, but has usually failed to provide them with clear directives for investigation. As a result, the chairmen have worked primarily with the needs and questions of fellow concentrators in mind. And, since a majority of the members of the panel also have been concentrators, it seems almost inevitable that the reports should be geared to these specialized interests...
...INDIA Volunteers will work with Block Development Officers, the Ag Extension Officer, village level workers and village council chairmen in the newly established "composite strategy programme" designed to alle the food crisis through technical assistance...
Dean Ford has announced the appointment of three professors to five-year terms as department chairmen. He has also announced the appointment of a new acting department chairman...