Word: gsas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Interest rates on loans for students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences have been reduced "considerably," J. Peterson Elder, dean of GSAS, announced yesterday. The School of Education is considering a similar reduction for next year, it was also learned yesterday...
Elder, calling the former policy of the GSAS "completely archaic," said that most students only need loans for short-term purposes, since a large scholarship program in general covers such basic expenses as tuition. "Although I don't expect a raid on the bank, lower interest rates should certainly make loans more bearable," he said...
This is the first time Longy and E.T.S. have taken part in PBH's drive. They and the other participating schools will conduct their own appeals under the supervision of the Drives Committee, DeCaro said. They will also send over volunteers to receive pledges at the GSAS...
Elder emphasized that his western tour is aimed not so much at increasing the number of GSAS applicants as at improving the caliber of the applicants. The essence of graduate study, Elder said, is in working individually with senior professors; therefore, he continued, the overall GSAS enrollment should not increase much until the size of the Faculty increases...
Elder said he would like to put a time limit on graduate study because many GSAS students at present seem to be "treading water." He pointed out that whereas most Natural Sciences students earn their Ph.D. 's in three years, in liberal arts departments the period is often five or six years and occasionally as long as nine years