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...could well be argued that we have given away the wrong year--because in fact the high-school AP course is generally a first course in concentration, and none can be regarded as comparable to our lower-level offerings in general education. But it is equally true that a Harvard undergraduate concentration, particularly since we introduced a required program of sophomore tutorial, is a linked three-year program and not easily broken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Advanced Standing Report | 4/27/1962 | See Source »

Placement tests currently given in lower-level courses were taken from the old College Board language exams. The one-hour, multiple-choice tests stress the matching of synonyms and vocabulary to the exclusion of an ability to write or speak in the language...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Geary Favors Stress On Writing, Speaking In Placement Exams | 2/10/1962 | See Source »

Most of the University's efforts in teacher training and indoctrination would be aimed toward work at the college and late secondary school level, Monro predicted. The reason for concentrating at this level is that Nigeria, the area into which Harvard-trained Peace Corps volunteers are sent, already has a good lower-level educational system...

Author: By Frederic L. Ballard jr., | Title: Dean Stresses Large Role of Peace Corps | 10/2/1961 | See Source »

...Lower Level. In the second case, the court upheld the long disputed "membership clause" of the Alien Registration (Smith) Act of 1940. Ten years ago, in the Dennis case, the court had sustained the convictions of top Communist Party organizers under the Smith Act. Now it ruled that lower-level members may also be prosecuted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Supreme Court: Blows Against Communism | 6/16/1961 | See Source »

...program from the existing four-year college by amputating the Freshman year. Apathy, boredom, and the other problems of the first year were "met" by merely removing the name and the directly associated requirements like Gen Ed A, physical training, living in the Yard, and two-thirds of the lower-level Gen Ed requirement. After all, if there is no Freshman year there can't be problems associated with...

Author: By Stephen F. Jencks, | Title: Sophomore Standing: The Making of a Policy | 6/15/1961 | See Source »

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