Word: controls
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...current national flurry of general education reforms marks a swing of the pendulum back to the way curricula were before '60's campus activists forced many university administrations to abolish or loosen course requirements. Now that campuses are quiet again, faculties are starting to regret their loss of control over students' educations. Many of the reasons cited for curricular reforms sound like the same ones the fathers of general education offered in the early 1900s at places like Columbia, the University of Chicago, and Harvard. The speeches are so much alike they prompted critic Alston Chase to write in September...
Although the forces behind curricular reform are fairly universal, the specific solutions offered differ greatly. Most schools undergoing curricular change agree that requirements should be more demanding and the faculties should have more control over a student plan of study. But faculties differ over how many and which areas of study are important and in whether or not to require all students to take specific courses or to let them choose from a selection. Universities also sometimes lack people qualified to teach the courses they want to offer...
...pragmatists have gone to work. The Washington Post editorialized this week that the raids were probably necessary for Ian Smith to persuade his constituency that he would not bargain from a position of weakness. The Post lauded the pragmatists currently in control of the U.S. foreign policy establishment who are using "the carrot, rather than the stick" in relations with South Africa. Going on to proclaim that such friendly relations are the best hope for a peaceful solution in southern Africa -- in Rhodesia pushing Smith's government to the negotiating table with leaders of the Popular Front guerrillas, in Namibia...
...strenuous clique and the vociferous claque, of artful pressure groups and willful activists who effectively control many things by veto and filibuster. Factions of all sizes and configurations, alike only in self-service and single-mindedness, tend to dominate virtually every salient issue of the day, be it abortion, water conservation, nuclear power or the location of bridges and expressways. Draw an issue anywhere and contenders will rally on both sides, or several sides, shouting up influence out of all proportion to their numbers. These days every political and social issue tends to be seen as a consuming cause...
...Flowers set a December trial date. Last week, however, Milligan came apart again. His Ragen personality emerged and handed Public Defender Gary Schweickart a picture of a rag doll with a noose around its neck, hanging in front of a cracked mirror. Three days later, Arthur was in control, questioning the attorney closely about what had happened and how the other personalities could be protected. Said Schweickart: "The stress of jail and confinement was too much." Psychiatrist Wilbur thinks the prognosis for Milligan is doubtful. So does Milligan. His Tommy personality turned out this poem: / am sorry I took your...