Word: kiernan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bill, proposed by State Commissioner of Education Owen B. Kiernan and already passed by the House, is aimed at controlling or eliminating what Kiernan terms "fly-by-night educational institutions." These are "diploma mills" which provide little or no education for degrees which are officially recognized by the State...
Other bills presented over the past four years which aimed at restricting the diploma mills met stiff opposition from reputable colleges fearful of political infringement on their academic freedom. However, this time the only public opposition to the bill has come from representatives from Curry College, an institution which Kiernan termed "not up to standards...
...PETER KIERNAN...
...they have changed dramatically. By snubbing Social Register dullards and by combing the country for bright recruits of all races, religions and incomes, they are fast becoming more democratic than homogeneous suburban public schools. "The idea that private schools are for snobs is absolute nonsense," says Owen B. Kiernan, Massachusetts' commissioner of education. A few Junes ago, one proper Bostonian summed up: "Today my daughter graduates from Foxcroft. Tomorrow my chauffeur's son graduates from Groton...