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...considered it a worthwhile start, three lectures and a set of readings. Previously, the optional radical sections had been the only outlet for radical thought. Then, as now, these classes had to devote most of their time to mainstream economics since the students had to take the coursewide final exam. Thus, the teachers were forced to squeeze in the radical theories as best they could, often by holding extra meetings. Currently sixty-four students are enrolled in radical sections, but Wolcowitz says, "I don't have very strong feelings in favor of them." He argues that they are unnecessary...

Author: By Michael S. Terris, | Title: Radical Isolation | 5/21/1982 | See Source »

...medical experts at Stanford. William Baker, NIH administrator for the SUMEX project, says that a computer system at the University of Pittsburgh called CADUCEUS is so sophisticated that it "would be a board-certified internist if it were human." Pittsburgh researchers administered one part of an internal-medicine board exam to "Dr. CADUCEUS." It passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Calling Dr. SUMEX | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

...ONCE HEARD a Harvard graduate student describe his routine for grading papers and exams at the end of the term. At the time, he was a section-leader for three social science courses, responsible for a total of about 45 students--not an unusual workload for a teaching assistant. Each of the three classes required a long term paper and a final exam, and so, at the end of the term, the graduate student had roughly a thousand pages to read and evaluate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Those Who Can't, Teach | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

...laxwomen, however, have been to the City of Brotherly Love before in an extended lacrosse mid term exam over spring break, they chalked up a 4-1 record against some of the strongest competition in the country, and erased all doubts, that 1982 would he merely a rebuilding year...

Author: By John Beilenson, | Title: Laxwomen Set to Face Owls in National Tourney | 5/13/1982 | See Source »

...Holyoke Center administrators ought to carry little weight. But who knows? The handful of students in Applied Sciences 100, Biology 126, Economics 2010b, Foreign Cultures 19, Geology 162, Physics 12b, and Social Sciences 169 may have one more thing to worry about as reading period fear turns into exam period fact, they will take their Group XI final exams on the morning of May 29, which is a Saturday...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: You Think Exams Are a Problem? | 5/12/1982 | See Source »

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