Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...these figures are realized, the obvious problem of overcrowding immediately arises. A national conference on the topic, "Approaching Equality or Opportunity in Higher Education," sponsored by the American Council on Education, has examined the situation in colleges. The conference came to three conclusions: 1) educational opportunity through the next two decades will extend in the abstract ideological sense; 2) the enormous increase of college enrollments in the 1960-75 period, however, will result in an overall reduction of educational opportunity (by 1975, 3,800,000 men and women will be reaching the age of 22 annually, compared...
Discussing the same problem earlier in the year, Pusey had urged business to take a larger share in education than it had up to now. Yesterday, Baxter said "Great as is the assistance of corporate giving to American higher education in 1956, President Pusey is certainly correct in saying that business as a whole is not giving enough...
...labor wars." While at times he opposed trade unions because they discriminated against Negroes, he more frequently opposed them because he received most of his support for Tuskegee Institute from Andrew Carnegie and other "Christ-like philanthropists." He thereby encouraged Northern philanthropists to aid many Negro private institutions of higher learning. On the other hand, he strengthened the hostility of Negroes to the labor movement...
...annually v. 1.300,000 in 1955, perhaps even step up building a notch or two. Commerce Department figures for April also showed that while overall wholesale trade declined 3% in April, it was still 8% above the comparable month of 1955; nondurable goods were 5% below March but 4% higher than April 1955, while durable goods averaged 13% higher than a year ago. Both might get some help from the slight easing of credit. As for Detroit's automakers, they were finally starting to nibble away at the record inventory of 905,000 unsold cars. With new-car sales...
LIFE-INSURANCE SALES are smashing all records. Value of policies written in April hit $4.2 billion, some 14% higher than last year, while total sales thus far in 1956 come to $16.3 billion v. $13.9 billion for same period...