Word: hoc
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Manpower Demands. Despite congressional criticism that the air war has been ineffective, the North Vietnamese are obviously hurting. "The war is creating very great manpower demands," re ported North Viet Nam's ideological journal Hoc Tap in its July issue. In deed, Secretary of Defense Robert...
...those who read the July 1966 N.Y. Times advertisement of the ad hoc National Council of Negro Churchmen entitled "Black Power," Nathan Wright's new book has a familiar ring...
...voices of discontent claim that students suffer from gaps in the curriculum, from boring and conventional teaching methods, and from the lack of an effective voice in school policy decisions. Dissatisfaction came to a head in February of 1966 when several ad hoc groups formed to agitate for specific reforms. A group of thirty students asked for two supplementary non-credit seminars on group process and social change, and their request was granted by Dean Sizer. A smaller group began its own study of the problems of urban education, a crucial area which they felt the school was ignoring...
...published a course evaluation book last fall which has sparked much debate. The book collated student comments and criticisms, and then offered the faculty members the opportunity to reply in print. The question of course evaluation was again raised by a student faculty panel discussion, and by an ad hoc committee which recommended changes in the grading system. Initiative came from both faculty and students for the creation of an independent student-faculty committee on instruction to continue to discuss teaching evaluation, curriculum changes and grading...
Students made their most effective showing before the Visiting Committee from the Board of Overseers in April. An ad hoc committee, with members from all Design departments, had gathered student criticisms and suggested reforms into a well-reasoned and comprehensive assessment of the school. Such a longterm analysis had never before been presented by the students, and the Visiting Committee was impressed with the display of organization and consensus...