Word: context
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After that, however, standard criteria give way to a more subjective evaluation. Because the usefulness of test scores is limited, students must eventually be judged in the context of their own respective cultures. While a comparable problem exists in U.S. admissions processes, sorting out educational systems on an international scale is infinitely more complex. Malin devotes an entire office bookshelf and much reading time to pamphlets explaining the varying educational philosophies of different nations...
...result of these developments is increased anxiety among undergraduates about what the hell they can do in this society after they graduate. Which leads us directly back to the business of senior theses. Although their form and the context in which they are written have changed, theses still are written--more this year than last. Seniors claim to hate doing them, and while some seem to protest too much, most say it with real conviction. The question of why thus leads us directly back to "The Fear...
...what is to be done? One could, of course, try to change the broader context and create full employment and positions in society for liberal arts majors before this year's juniors begin their own thesis madness. But the Carter and Ford victories in Florida do not bode well for either. Alternately, the departments ought to start rethinking theses, and potential thesis writers ought to look before they leap at what lies at the end of that road of Korrect-type, coffee, and note cards...
...During this time the Church had been put aside. Now, in the context of these other fallen empires and ambitions, people see something in the Church worth considering," Gomes said...
...alluding to the Ford Administration's signing of the Helsinki declaration with Moscow, an act strongly condemned by China. Nixon denied that interpretation. "My God," he said, through Aide Jack Brennan, "I've used that statement a dozen times before, and I used it in a general context. There is no such thing as instant peace. It could also apply to the United Nations Charter or the Shanghai communiqué or any international document." Nonetheless, coming in the midst of specifically anti-détente remarks by the Chinese, Nixon's statement lent itself to the interpretation...