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Underlying the qualms some Faculty members have about giving up examinations are fears that students might abuse an examination-free system. To them, examinations constitute a control which assures that students will not "get by" without doing their course work. William L. Langer '15, Coolidge Professor of History, whose courses are noted for their rigorous tests, maintains that "we can't get along without a system of exams . . . because students as a class are not as responsible as they should be." For example, a lot of students leave their essays until the last minute. If the University were to adopt...
Underlying the qualms some Faculty members have about giving up examinations are fears that students might abuse an examination-free system. To them, examinations constitute a control which assures that students will not "get by" without doing their course work. William L. Langer '15, Coolidge Professor of History, whose courses are noted for their rigorous tests, maintains that "we can't get along without a system of exams ...because students as a class are not as responsible as they should be." For example, a lot of students leave their essays until the last minute. If the University were to adopt...
This may be so, yet it seems still that there is much material for parodists to seize on, particularly if they are looking for unsympathetic seizure. The other day I read the conclusion of a diplomatic history by Professor William Langer which goes...
William L. Langer '15, Coolidge Professor of History, served as the historian for the three man panel. He traced the course of United States prestige from the time of the American Revolution to the present...
...Langer stated that in the face of this international vilification by such parties as Russia, Castro, and Nassar, the fundamental effort for the United States should be to bring mutual understanding and to learn to criticize its own actions...