Word: harrision
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Though prestigious organizations of law-abiding citizens-notably the New York Academy of Medicine-have urged adoption of the British system, Judge Murtagh has no hope that anything so revolutionary would be accepted in the U.S. In Who Live in Shadow, written with Sara Harris and published this week (McGraw...
A recommendation to offer food a la carte was made earlier this year by the management consultant firm of Harris, Kerr, Forster, and Co.
"It is the Federal Government that is not carrying its load in higher education," Harris said. Example: in the 14 years ending last year, the annual state and local share of U.S. educational expense rose from 24% to 34% ($1.2 billion), while the federal contribution declined from 36% to 15...
But the biggest untapped source of more college income is tuition. Harris is strongly in favor of boosting it from the present $1 billion yearly to $4 billion. While average tuition has risen about $100 since 1930, he notes, the comparable costs to a college have risen to $500-requiring...
The remainder would come from philanthropy and endowment incomes ($500 million to $1 billion yearly if prosperity continues) and stringent college economizing. Items: bigger classes, fewer "small" courses, using existing classrooms for longer hours, more use of TV lecturing. There is no reason, Economist Harris believes, why economies cannot cut...