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The test is rooted back in 1958, when Little Lake called in some U.C.L.A. experts to measure how its schools were faring. Spurred by the unflattering report, Little Lake hired a vigorous new superintendent with a taste for higher standards. Superintendent William G. Stanley launched homework for all grades, reading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Teachers' Boycott | 8/17/1962 | See Source »

The more radical approach is taken by David Riesman '31, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences. Of each assumption underlying our educational system, Riesman seems to ask: what does it do to help or hinder the development of man into what he--in Riesman's view--ought to...

Author: By Clark Woodroe, | Title: Final Exams or Term Papers? | 6/14/1962 | See Source »

There was no lack of persons ready to offer advice. Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology, told the freshmen that modern war was 2000 times worse than the medieval version. Clarence Darrow denounced "poverty-creating big business" as the cause of all crime." Sinclair Lewis declared that "one half the...

Author: By M.j. Broekhuysen and F.l. BALLARD Jr., S | Title: Period of Transition at Harvard Begins At Class of '37's Arrival | 6/11/1962 | See Source »

Motivated by a spirit of service to the Harvard-Radcliffe community and a refreshing, innocent arrogance, the CRIMSON will once again issue its authoritative guide to lower and middle-level courses. The Confidential Guide. Submit comments on your courses, reading lists, professors, section men, grading, etc., via the questionnaire distributed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Confidential Soliciting Begins | 5/15/1962 | See Source »

At the same time, the AAUP warned that state and municipal universities are in "serious danger of falling behind private institutions in quality unless they improve faculty salaries." The salary levels in many colleges were called "scandalously low," and better than half of the public universities polled were given D...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Pay Roll Called World's Best By AAUP Program | 5/2/1962 | See Source »

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