Word: methods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...idea seems simple enough: create schools with special programs, and they will attract students from all parts of the city. Such "magnet" schools are becoming increasingly popular not only as a means of providing superior education-and not just to the brightest children-but also as a method of desegregation. Detroit started some magnets four years ago; new ones are planned for Chicago and New York. Last week thousands of Boston parents signed their children up for a variety of innovative courses, ranging from aviation technology to bilingual studies, in 22 magnet schools due to open in September...
...equal access is indeed the method by which Harvard and Radcliffe intend to increase the number of women undergraduates, why do even Radcliffe administrators concede that there will be little or no change in the number of women admitted over the next few years...
Besides that, Physics S-1 was an unusual course. Taught by Paul G. Bamberg '63, associate professor of Physics, it used an innovative "self-paced" method Bamberg helped develop; students were allowed to progress at their own speed, taking a series of exams a great many times if they wanted...
Peterson says that this specific method of tapping foreign funds fits in well with the "pluralistic effort of approaching a wide variety of resources. We found a neglected area of scholarship and developed a special program to fulfill this need." The personal contacts in the orient maintained by Edwin O Reischauer. University Professor and former Ambassador to Japan, and by John K. Fair-bank '29, Higginson Professor of History, were valuable in locating Japanese resources and indicate, Peterson claims, the advantages of having a specialized fundraising project. Finally, says Peterson, "We appeal to the self interest of the government...
...Corporation had approved a new method of allocating police services that permits the police department to assign officers without regard to the financial contribution made by various parts of the University...