Word: minimum
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N.C.A.T.E. argues that accreditation is the only way to ensure minimum standards in teacher training. The rub comes in the kind of standards being applied. Dean Stiles has leveled a drastic charge: N.C.A.T.E. seeks to impose on all U.S. schools of education a "monolithic and outdated" pattern that goes back to the "teachers' college...
...bill would give the agency, the Board of Collegiate Authority, power to review charters it has granted during its 20 year existence and to recommend to the Secretary of State the suspension or revocation of such charters of institutions not meeting "minimum requirements." Minimum requirements, which presently apply to the granting of original charters by the Board, concern "faculty, courses of study, financial organization, physical plant, and leadership...
...rules have probably prevented duels, fist fights and other breaches of gentlemanly conduct which would have reflected on the decorum of the House. Undoubtedly, some lives have been saved because of a remark that was never made on this floor. Outbursts of temper have probably been kept to a minimum...
...maker boasts that his belts will withstand 6,000 Ibs.' pressure, when in fact tests have shown that they snap in a 15-m.p.h. collision. To counteract such fraud, 32 leading firms have joined the American Seat Belt Council, which certifies that their belts will take a minimum 4,000 Ibs.' sudden pressure. Detroit has so far played it safe by ordering from such well-established firms as Irving Air Chute Co., Auto-Crat Manufacturing Co., General Tube Co. and American Safety Equipment Corp. Auto-Crat is so touchy about its public image that all its employees...
Nebraska has long bragged that it has neither a sales tax nor an income tax, relies upon a property tax. Yet, its School for the Deaf cannot meet minimum standards for the care of children, the University of Nebraska's College of Medicine is in danger of losing accreditation because of poor facilities, and the university insists that it needs to boost its budget by one-third. An income tax now is probable. New Jersey is so closely divided between the two major political parties that its Governors have long been afraid to risk defeat by suggesting either...