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Dates: during 1970-1979
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He urged the admissions personnel to discuss minority issues with "a lot of courage and candor," adding that many people avoided facing questions about "what our goals for minorities should be for fear of looking like a racist, a villain."

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Expert Says 'Bakke' Had Little Effect | 2/10/1979 | See Source »

Julia Brown, one of the newly selected fellows and assistant professor of English at Boston University, said yesterday she was looking forward to continuing her research on the Bronte sisters at Harvard. Her current three-course work-load at B.U. allows her little time to pursue her own academic interests...

Author: By Janet S. Walker, | Title: Committee Announces Mellon Fellows for 1979; Winners Plan to Teach Wide Variety of Seminars | 2/8/1979 | See Source »

The problem is further complicated by degree factories. One, called Pacific Northwestern University, offered a bachelor's degree in an assortment of subjects for $85, a master's for $140 and a doctorate for $195, as well as authentic-looking transcripts. P.N.U. was closed down last spring but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Question of Degree | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

In the short run, low productivity can create jobs as more workers are needed to supply rising demand. That happened in early 1978, when joblessness dropped much faster than production rose. But in the long run, low productivity hurts employment too. In the 1960s, it was thought that the economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Perils off the Productivity Sag | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

Looking at a newspaper's entertainment page these days a reader might think the whole country had gone (POW! WOW! WHIZ!) comic crazy. Annie is S.R.O. on Broadway, Superman is the highest grossing movie, and prime-time TV looks like one vast kiddieland. The Incredible Hulk is breaking up...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Marvels of The Mind | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

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