Word: higher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...past that it will, in unusual circumstances, make exceptions. When to make these exceptions, and how general they should be, then becomes a problem for which it is almost impossible to set criteria. But three exceptions, among the thousands of appointments, indicate that the Senate puts a higher premium on tradition than on criteria for exception...
...city has never stinted on salaries," DeGuglielmo assailed Fortune's complaint that pay scales are too low by saying that "most of the planners use city jobs as stopgaps while they shop around for better positions." He added that "the whole thing looks like a power play to get higher salaries for his pets. I've no patience with that kind of tactics," the councillor avowed...
...first place, education is a competitive industry, and many families may not be willing to pay more money for a higher quality product. If all Ivy Leagues colleges raised their tuition collaterally, part of this problem in selling the best would be eliminated, for many families already regard the Ivy League as the only place their children can get a first rate education. But many others do not, and it seems inevitable that a substantial tuition hike will throw the balance even more heavily in favor of State U. for the student from the provinces, still unconvinced by accolades...
...while the disadvantages of higher tuitions are clear, the College's need for a higher income is equally obvious. If the University feels that tuition can go no higher without seriously restricting the nature of its student body or without placing undue pressure on one segment of society then they must initiate some other program for raising money from alumni, industry, or government. To date, there have been a few dramatic moves in this direction, but not enough to attract the immense sums now needed...
...Objective" training in matters of religion is possible, according to Williams, only if the status of teachers is changed. Williams advocated higher salaries for public school teachers and permission to teach "independent of political pressures...