Word: jewett
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Others, however, contend the SAT is at least as curriculum-based--and laud the Achievement tests because hard-working students can bring up their scores through intensive work. "The question of personal responsibility" is still open argues L. Fred Jewett '57, dean of admissions and financial aid. And Christopher Jencks, a testing expert and Northwestern University professor, in a recent article on the SAT Achievement question, contends that "a good college admissions system should encourage diligence rather than sloth...
...surprised if any study found now either that the tests were absolutely reliable or that they were no good at all. L. Fred Jewett...
...spending an enormous amount" on financial aid, notes Henry Rosovsky, dean of the Faculty, whom Jewett credits with pushing through the allocation of the extra $2 million. But while he is sanguine about the "forseeable future." Rosovsky suggests that "at some point we're not going to be able to do it any more--it depends on the Faculty's priorities." His concern echoes aid officials' assumption that any current funding innovations are little more than makeshift. Lyman and Jewett talk of "tinkering with the edges" and "belt-tightening" without altering the basic lines of College policy. But such modification...
Given the boost, College officials--even those who maintain there is still more cause for alarm than complacency--sound positively sanguine about the short-term dollar outlook for the fall. Long threatened more by what L. Fred Jewett '57, dean of admissions and financial aid, calls "erosion of fixed incomes" than by specific cuts, Harvard can hope for an easing of aid pressure as the inflation rate inches down; if the pattern continues, the income on the endowment may once again be able to keep pace with costs. The admissions office also stands to gain from the Harvard Campaign...
...Country of Pointed Firs, by Sara Orne Jewett...