Word: knapp
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...investigations are disturbing, because Merit, which has done most of the research, has a very doubtful judgment about the purposes of college. To measure the "productivity" of a college, for example, they rely on the so-called Knapp-Greenbaum index: the percentage of graduates of that college who go on to get a Ph.D. The Merit people apparently had some reservations about this index--not, however, because they think that colleges might "produce" something other than scholars, nor because they think it might be unwise for a college to lure all its students into scholarship...
They simply recognized that the Knapp-Greenbaum index did not distinguish between the effects of the college and the quality of the students who came to the college; and so, confident that the qualities of a college could be separated from the quality of the student body, an NMSC worthy named Thistlethwaite devised the Talent Supply Index, which measures the calibre of students--a college's TSI is the average freshman's score on the Scholastic Aptitude Test...
...secretary was Robert V. Holton, of Leverett House and Minn. James I. K. Knapp '64, of House and Kew Gardens, N.Y., treasurer...
Another big surprise was the victory of James I. K. Knapp '64, the only successful pro-Williams candidate, for second vice-president. A major factor in his election could have been the nominating speech by Howard J. Phillips '62, who urged Knapp's election "if you want a truly non-factional slate." Although Williams had denied that Phillips had played any role in his campaign, the former Student Council president was reportedly directing Williams' floor campaign...
...Promoter William Zeckendorf's Webb & Knapp...