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One of my roommates, Sandy Jencks, was attacking the sterility and lack of relevance of much formal education long before the issue was debated coast to coast. There was a drumbeat of criticism in The Crimson and other forums about all manner of substantive University policy. There were even widespread...
One of my roommates, Sandy Jencks, was attacking the sterility and lack of relevance of much formal education long before the issue was debated coast to coast. There was a drumbeat of criticism in The Crimson and other forums about all manner of substantive University policy. There were even widespread...
Other experts are less certain. Says William Fitzsimmons, director of admissions for Harvard and Radcliffe colleges: "Whenever we talk about statistical trends around here, we like to see things occur over at least a two, three-or four-year period. But certainly it is encouraging to see it go this...
College-admission officers everywhere still take SAT scores very seriously. However, research published in September by James Grouse, an education professor at the University of Delaware, and Dale Trusheim, acting director of admissions at Maryland's Washington College, found that high school grades are every bit as good an...
'A good college admissions system should encourage diligence rather than sloth.... Emphasizing tests like the SATs in college admissions undermines efforts to improve secondary education.' Christopher Jencks