Word: faddism
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...spite of the unfortunate faddism that has been associated with intelligence tests in the past, they are nevertheless generally considered to be of real worth in indicating a man's mental calibre. Indeed, they would hardly have been so generally adopted if this were not the case. There appears to be no good reason why Harvard should hold back from adopting a practice which has been so generally proved desirable...
...severity of rural life; and show how these remote patterns of living are affected by disturbances in capitalistic civilizations. He wants the class to have something more vivid than cold statistics upon which to base their opinions. The experiment is being conducted in a tentative spirit, without faddism. He has no intention of allowing the standard of scholarship to be relaxed...
Conservatism is the grand old guard that brings the radical and the idealist back to a necessary compromise with the facts. The delicate balance between these opposing forces keeps history level-keeled, mankind level-headed. In his stand on the Prohibition question as well as in his condemnation of faddism in education, Mr. Taft shows himself to be a conservative, and a conservative of mighty calibre. His attack on new educational schemes and his plea for the old scholastic methods raise the serious question as to whether the swift pace of modern affairs has not tinted modern education with superficiality...
...question, the college undergraduate would reply that mathematics still exist and that the sciences have partially taken the place of the classics. It is true, however, that specialization in college is often attempted without a sure foundation in the ancient fundamentals. In directing his criticism against the type of faddism that allows each preparatory school student to choose the subjects that he likes, Mr. Taft touches a sensitive spot in modern education...
...practicality lifts from the forest of educational faddism the experiment on college students just concluded by Professor Edward S. Jones, professor of psychology at the University of Buffalo Thirty-two high school graduates who had been admitted to college, but were ranked in the lowest two fifths of their high school classes, were given four weeks of intensive preparation for the business of being a college student...