Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...graduate schools have admitted students without a degree, after only three years in college. If such a practice were to become commonplace, educators envision a general deterioration in both college and graduate school. In addition, increasing competition for admittance to any of these schools will mean the necessity of higher qualifications...
Josephs, now chairman of the Board of the New York Life Insurance Co., was hailed: "Son of Harvard, devoted public servant, he seeks to underwrite the life of higher learning in America...
Goodhart spoke on the subject of higher education as exemplified by the Harvard Law School. "It is meaningless to speak of education in the abstract," he said. "There must be some particular object...
...conclusion, Goodhart stated the principles of the Law School which he felt should be more widely applied: that higher education should only be open to the most intelligent; that "knowledge and education are not synonymous terms"; and that the primary function of a University was to make students think for themselves...
There is little doubt that new colleges will have to be founded; clearly not all American institutions of higher education can suddenly decree a 130 per cent expansion program in order to meet the demands of increased population. But there seems little chance of Harvard's entering such a branch college operation at this time...