Word: make-up
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Extension office, for instance, frequently employs Bill Edwards. He proctors hourly, make-up and final exams for them. In addition, he "checks courses." This involves monitoring evening classes by taking attendance at the door to ensure that only students who have paid for the extension courses attend them. Adams had nothing but praise for Edwards who is, in his estimation, "a very valued member of Harvard." Except for the brief period from December to January, Edwards can get pretty steady work, according to Adams...
...rise in students illnesses over the years prompted a Faculty Council review of the current exam make-up policy last September, but the council concluded that the exam policy should remain the same...
...students solely on the basis of scores on the entrance exams, but also admit qualified minority students with slightly lower test scores than their white counterparts. Overall, the three schools are 60 per cent white, 40 per cent black and hispanic. Since these figures do not reflect the racial make-up of the city's public school population (55 per cent black and hispanic and 45 per cent white) the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has filed suit against the schools on charges of discrimination against minority students. OCR wants the entrance exams changed, and wants the percentage of whites...
...added that the yield in early applicants admitted to the Class of '82 was higher than that of normal applicants. The make-up the group Harvard accepted "did not reflect any unusual trends," Fitzsimmons said, although it appears to indicate that minority group members tend to wait until the regular January deadline to apply...
There is an increased likelihood that some element of our culture will survive. It also allows people to find a particular niche which is suitable to their cultural and genetic make-up," he said...