Word: midterms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Business School professors this week invalidated the first question on a November 20 midterm taken by the entire first-year class, announcing they would not grade it because it appeared on a 1978 exam available to students...
Very little, in fact, was well. As her government reaches the midterm mark, Maggie Thatcher is under fire from virtually every direction. Her bold experiment to turn Britain's sluggish economy around by applying relentlessly monetarist policies has produced staggering 12% unemployment and a host of other alarming statistics. Her approval rating has dropped to 28%, a near-record low for any British Prime Minister. Worried over the prospect of running for re-election on the government's dismal record, a number of Tory backbenchers and some senior party members are openly revolting against her policies and questioning...
Anyway, intramural sports are a perfect opportunity to release some of what midterm pressure without assaulting your roommate. Besides, anyone can play...
...student, the courses are economical both for the school and the student. Course requirements vary from campus to campus, but there is a basic procedure. The student pays tuition and enrolls in person, by phone or by mail; the college sends texts and assigns an instructor; the student takes midterm and final exams either at the campus or at a local school. The final grade is entered onto a transcript and most often goes toward a degree...
...pine Barrens in southern New Jersey, has 24 students taking the PBS Shakespeare course. Their assignment includes reading two comedies, two tragedies and two historical dramas and watching six televised performances (from the Shakespeare series co-produced by BBC-TV and Time-Life Television). The midterm and final can be submitted by mail. The University of Iowa has given its 100 telestudents a toll-free number and specific office hours for talking with the course instructor. Says Education Professor Gordon Cantor: "People not only call with questions, they call to argue...