Word: derthick
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Opposition to the disclaimer affidavit, which loan recipients must sign, was cited by both universities as the reason for the action. In a letter to Lawrence G. Derthick, U.S. Commissioner of Education, explaining the University decision, President Pusey stated that, "It is our earnest concern, while the matter of continuing or expunging section 1001 (f) (1) is still under consideration, to take no action which might possibly be considered as approving the Act as it now stands." He pointed out that a bill which would remove the disclaimer affidavit requirement from NDEA is now in Congressional committee...
Last week Fehr and Pack had every reason to believe that they had a hit. From everyone from M.I.T. Mathematician W. T. Martin ("an imaginative presentation") to U.S. Education Commissioner Lawrence G. Derthick ("one of the best current films on mathematics"), the compliments poured in. But Professor Fehr and Producer Pack had one word of warning. The series is in no way meant to be a "course" in mathematics, but "a kind of mathematical hors d'oeuvre, an appetizer, a stimulant...
...story, but U.S. Education Commissioner Lawrence Derthick added some frightening figures to it. Of the men and women who graduated from college in 1956 with qualifications to teach, 30% never went into the profession at all. Even worse: half of those who did start expect to quit within five years...
Commissioner of Education Lawrence G. Derthick said the expenses of full-time undergraduate students attending public colleges this year averages about $1,500. He added a student in a private college pays about $2,000 a year...
...Derthick said the survey is the first comprehensive study of how much it costs an undergraduate to go to college, and where he gets the money...