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...satisfy the requirements without really being ready for the general exam,” he said. “That is uncontroversially true...
Schiefsky said that he did not want the prospect of general exams to scare away potential concentrators, especially those who did not study Latin or Greek in high school...
While long, written general exams used to be standard across departments, Classics is the only one that still requires students to pass a comprehensive test of that length to graduate, according to Director of Undergraduate Studies Mark J. Schiefsky, who is on the review committee that will present the proposal to the full department next month...
Although some seniors said they are looking forward to taking the general exams as a touchstone of their academic achievement, one concentrator said that he is glad the department is trying to reach out to more students...
...number of policy changes at both state and federal levels have left basic cash-assistance programs scarce, the center's study argues. State general-assistance programs were largely eliminated across the country in the late 1980s and early '90s, except for programs benefiting the disabled. On the federal level, only about 40% of families eligible for cash assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program actually receive it. That is about half the percentage of families eligible for the program's predecessor (the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program) that received benefits during the recessions of earlier decades...