Word: considerable
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Many teachers do not bother to request transfers; they just quit. Fully half of all new teachers leave the profession within five years. The trend is more pronounced among minorities, who frequently work in schools with the most complex social and academic problems. Given attractive options in private industry, blacks...
Chang said that the HRCF will continue address political issues, and in the future may consider apartheid, homelessness and date rape.
The Graustein system was built around a set of premises that most faculty now consider obsolete. Graustein, the Harvard mathematician who invented the formula, calculated faculty distribution based on the assumption that the faculty would not grow and that new academic fields would not arise.
Student director Gina L. Berardi '90 said that the amendment will help the board consider more issues important to students.
The Reagan Administration was no less stubborn. Some U.S. officials indicated that they would consider a request for aid from the Nicaraguan government -- a safe bet since they knew none would be forthcoming. Others seemed to rule out even that prospect, charging that the Sandinistas would only misuse the funds...