Word: educationism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Flatly and, at times, angrily contradicting each other's arguments, Mark DeWolfe Howe '28, Professor of Law, and L. Brent Bozell, Washington correspondent for the National Review, clashed last night over the loyalty affidavit in the National Defense Education Act. The debate took place at the Boston College Law School...
Secondly, Howe continued, the affidavit is a moral evil. "People engaged in education have the moral responsibility to keep their minds free," he said. Howe pointed out that, under the terms of the NDEA, the universities must contribute their own money to the fund, and are thus required to "place...
I have appreciated the clarity of your coverage of the issues involved in the current discussion of the disclaimer affidavit under the National Defense Education Act. As I get a sense of student opinion from your columns and from casual discussions, I realize that quite a few students feel that...
Some rituals are symbolically important and others are not; and the question as to when to make a stand is often not easy: I am reminded of the man in Nazi Germany who went to a psychiatrist because his right arm was paralyzed--his arm wouldn't let him give...
Ultimately, those concerned with the Survey are aiming at increased fluidity in the years of undergraduate and graduate education. "We want to break down the division between the College and grad school," Bradley says. To achieve this end, every student prepares a senior essay, and Honors candidates must complete an...