Word: classroom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Poland, despite its overwhelming Catholic population, has no tradition of school prayers But, except for a brief Stalinist antireligious period following World War II, crucifixes supplied by various sources have been classroom fixtures...
...interest is spreading to the classroom, where studies about the factory floor have traditionally not been popular. At the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, for example, two-thirds of new engineering faculty are in manufacturing, and enrollment in their courses has risen 50% in two years...
...also helped turn classroom attention to the new manufacturing. Last summer it donated $50 million in cash and equipment to 20 colleges and universities to improve long-neglected programs in the field for both engineers and businessmen. Said Chairman John Opel at the time: "There can be no factories of the future unless there are universities of the future educating those people...
...ever since. But with the election year revving up into full gear, Reagan and his cohorts recently resuscitated the issue. This turn of events throws considerable doubt on the Reaganites' claims that all they are trying to do is to welcome the God "who loves us" back into the classroom. Rather, it suggests tht Reagan wants to shore up support among New Right groups in the South and Roman Catholics in the North, as some of his more honest aides have admitted...
Lang makes almost no enemies in the classroom, where colleagues say his vigorous, interactive teaching style creates an electricity for learning. Many letters in The File begin with a quick paragraph thanking Lang for old classroom experiences...