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"It is embarassing that professors, who spend so much time evaluating and criticizing other institutions, devote so little effort to finding ways to improve their own methods of instruction," Bok said.

Author: By Joseph F Kahn, | Title: Comping Computerization | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

Another professor noted for exceptional teaching, Namburg Professor of Music Luise Vosgerchian, explains her philosophy. "There are two ways of educating," she says. The first is for the professor to devote his or her life to research and then present the results to the students who can then "accept or...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: Credit for Fun | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

Theories: he had vanished to devote himself more fully to writing; he was fed up with police work; he was fleeing financial pressures (he owed $2,000 to a woman friend and was behind on alimony payments to his ex-wife). Where might the hefty, 5-ft. 11-in. chief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vanishing Act: Chief Wiley, meet Judge Crater | 9/2/1985 | See Source »

Yesterday's appointments of L. Fred Jewett '57 as dean of the College and Sally Falk Moore and John B. Fox Jr. '59 as deans of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) should allow Spence to devote a greater deal of time to the issues he has said...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Spence Assembles New Supporting Cast | 7/30/1985 | See Source »

! Since the turn of the decade, TIME has closely followed the newest wave of immigrants to America and the ways in which they are changing our nation. A 1981 cover story described the pervasive Hispanic influence in South Florida, and another in 1983 dealt with the new mix of ethnic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From the Publisher: Jul. 8, 1985 | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

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