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Kaysen spoke of "a class of problems, increasing in importance in terms of special attention," that a market economy will not or cannot regulate successfully. "We will tend to judge the market economy on its inability to solve these problems, rather than on its classical criterion," he said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kaysen Questions Free Competition | 3/6/1968 | See Source »

...committees, consisting of scholars outside the nominating department and appointed by the Dean. The Corporation (the President and Fellows), which legally holds the authority, accepts the ad hoc recommendation in almost all cases. Therefore when students justifiably complain that teaching ability as well as scholarly reputation should be a criterion for appointments, they should direct their lobbying to the senior members of the Departments...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Parting Shot | 2/5/1968 | See Source »

...motivation" criterion might tend to favor students strongly opposed to the war, Inkeles acknowledged, but added "we hope for some diversity of viewpoint." A student "gets points not for his opinions, but for his skill as a social scientist," he added...

Author: By Sophie A. Krasik, | Title: Law Faculty and Soc Rel To Offer Courses on Viet | 1/10/1968 | See Source »

...lecturer at Manhattan's New School for Social Research, who began his crusade against testing in 1962 with a book called The Brain Watchers. He calls S.A.T.s "the nail in the coffin of American intellectualism," since their emphasis on "certainty and right answers" makes test-taking ability "the criterion for college performance, and measures it badly." Gross and other critics deplore the pressure on students to score well on the tests. Many schools prep their students on the kind of vocabulary and mathematical skills tested by the exams; high school principals, as well as college publicists, tend to brag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Testing: S.A.T.s under Fire | 1/5/1968 | See Source »

...actress plans to hold auditions to select students, Hamlin said. He added that previous acting experience would probably not be a major criterion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mildred Dunnock Named Lecturer | 1/4/1968 | See Source »

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