Word: havighurst
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...talent are common. In 1951 the National Manpower Council reported that of the top one-fourth of all U.S. 18-year-olds, 60% never went to college and 20% did not even finish high school. What can be done to encourage the gifted student? Ten years ago, says Robert Havighurst, professor of education at the University of Chicago, scarcely anyone was asking that question. "Today, educating the gifted has almost become...