Word: extent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...material related to the course, Reading Period might in fact do its hypothetical duty. They would have to be conscious of another unpleasantry in human nature, of course, and verify their students' diligence either on the final exam or by other means. Students would have to cooperate to the extent of aiming at something besides a good mark in the course, which admittedly, is asking a good deal. If Reading Period could be reinstated to its original pupose, by straightening up the teachers and straightening out their pupils, it could be profitable for them both...
...tightening of Social Relations requirements should increase the department's prestige, though probably not to the extent it deserves. It will be unfortunate if a field which is highly worth studying in itself and as a basis for liberal education, is not accorded more public respect...
What Swarthmore, and to a lesser extent Reed and Bennington, have done is to demonstrate that an American college student is capable of excellent work without constant pressure from grades. Most educational institutions in the country do not recognize this...
Tutorial for credit and course reduction offer gradeless, relatively independent study for some students. The line between between them is vague, and it is difficult to assess the extent to which tutorial for credit suceeds when it is anything besides a thesis course. Not too many students avail themselves of this privilege, and it is not vigorously pushed by many departments...
They have shown that they can lick the strongest of their neighbors. They have shown up the extent of Soviet penetration in the Middle East by capturing huge stockpiles of tanks, guns and motorized equipment. They have shown up the hollowness of Nasser's vaunted four-power pact, signed just before the Sinai invasion, by which Syrian, Saudi and Jordanian troops were supposed to march under Egyptian command. And the first frightened session of desert kings that convened after the Sinai rout in Beirut last November signaled a shift which may well make last week's Cairo session...