Word: creditation
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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THAT'S about where we got to, in ideology and planning (hoping), last spring. We didn't ever get any money from the few foundations we approached, but we had a lot of enthusiastic and talented people. Also, there was a lot of talk about getting credit for the New College from Harvard. Master Chalmers of Winthrop House, a member of the Committee on Educational Policy, had a subcommittee working on student-initiated courses. The future looked fairly bright...
...have to do some serious thinking on that issue of credit. Master Chalmers is still behind us. But credit will no doubt mean restrictions, and the New College has to be wary of restrictions. Then there are the larger questions of whether we should accept a status that we believe illegitimate, and of how we expect to change anything around here...
...Without credit, though, our groups will face the same big problem they had last year: an often crippling rate of attrition. A lot of people quit because of the demands made upon their time by Harvard Old College. A lot more quit because they expected miracles without trying to cause them. If a New College group is successful, it is because the participants make it that way. If they sit back and wait, they'll probably be disappointed. Without the undeniably negative incentive of credit, many people will see no reason to keep on trying...
...report recommended approprate academic credit for ROTC courses, faculty status for the officer-instructors and continued wearing of uniforms and military drilling on campus...
...Florida and California, forbid payment of that much interest on new bonds. Those states, and their local-government units, have been unable to float new issues. Last week local governments failed to sell $142 million in public housing bonds paying 6% interest -even though they were backed by the credit of the Federal Government. Proceeds from the bonds were intended to complete several public-housing projects...