Word: classroom
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...thinks "the letter is good . . . the University is pretty feeble in its efforts to protect free speech." On a day-to-day basis, free speech is not threatened, says Herrnstein, who recalls that he had to call in Cambridge and Harvard Police to try to keep order in his classroom. But in the controversial cases that put the ideal of free speech to the test, like Weinberger's visit, Harvard is pusillanimous, Herrnstein charges...
Custom suggests that the latitude given to expressions of audience disapproval usually varies from one setting to another -- less latitude is given in a religious service than in the classroom and less latitude in the classroom than in a public speech or an open meeting. Regardless of the setting, however, sponsors of a meeting have discretion to enforce reasonable rules designed to make it easier for the speakers to speak and the audience to listen, provided the audience is warned in advance. Even if the sponsors have imposed no rules, expressions of disapproval begin to infringe on free speech when...
While the 39-year-old former dean's presence on campus may raise some eyeborws. Onek sees his move back to the classroom as a logical progression. At Princeton, he oversaw the undergraduate judicial system, acting in a highly legalistic capacity. Onek estimates that he personally participated in 1,000 disciplinary cases over the course of his Princeton career, acting alternately as judge, mediator, advocate and prosecutor...
...were common on math-competency tests, where the scale runs to 9. Last week Prudential revealed that it was going into the business of remedial education. In a precedent-setting agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor, the company promised to spend an estimated $3 million to offer 260 classroom hours of training to the same people it had rejected for jobs. At least 600 graduates will be offered full-time employment...
...candidate four years ago. Lately he has offered to meet with the Soviets. He has not abolished the Departments of Energy and Education, as promised. In all, the Democrats will find it harder to portray Reagan as a radical. Indeed, the G.O.P. platform, its language on taxes and classroom prayer sessions toughened up last week by the party's dominant right wing, puts Reagan in the remarkable position of running a bit to the left of his party's positions...