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...Dean Monro yesterday strongly suggested the development of an academic talent-hunting program in which colleges would take the initiative in their own localities for finding gifted students...
...Monro pointed out the need for a plan to interest and attract students with limited educational opportunities or poor economic backgrounds. Most programs "come at this problem from the top," he said, and a foundation like the National Merit Scholarship Corporation "sends people to college who are going anyway...
Remarks in a report by Richard L. Plaut, President of the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students, prompted Monro's recommendation. Plaut advocates "an organization, enjoying both public and private support, of the size, strength, and prestige of, for example, the National Science Foundation," to search for hidden talent...
Several Houses have initiated a new program of seminars and tutorials this Fall in accordance with Dean Monro's plan to establish a broader intellectual experience for students not enrolled in regular departmental tutorials. The plan, administered independently by the respective Masters, varies greatly in format from House to House...
...Dean Monro's proposal to put non-Honors tutorial under supervision of the General Education Committee is at once a marriage of convenience and a major step in educational policy. The utility of placing the new program under an existing interdepartmental administrative committee was clear to the Masters, but the real opportunity presented should not be obscured by the burdens which will be imposed on the Committee...