Word: monroes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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During these years Monro taught General Education Ahf. He has been a proponent of extention of tutorials, freshman seminars, and a more flexible Gen Ed program. Since he became Dean in 1958, Monro has placed himself in the position as a spokesman for student ideas in Faculty meetings. "During the last few years," Dean Ford said Wednesday, "Monro's reports to the Faculty on student attitudes has provided an essential interpretation of what is the best and most responsible student opinion...
President Pusey remarked that the same characteristics which have led Monro to go to Miles have also made him "a great Dean of the College...
...Monro's formal involvement with Miles began in 1964, when he prompted Jon Clifton '63 to organize and run a summer reading program for 10-year olds. Monro himself directed a pre-college English program in the summer of 1964 and then led a larger workshop of 300 students the next year. In 1966 he ran the whole summer program, including English, Math, and Upward Bound. At the same time he advised the Faculty at Miles on curriculum changes, and organized and recruited new staff...
...Dean Monro and his wife will live on the Miles College campus...
...Monro is a trustee of Phillips Academy and Tougaloo College in Mississippi, a former trustee of the College Entrance Examination board, the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students. While Dean of the College, Monro has also served on the admissions board. "I plan to continue some kind of admissions work with Harvard while I am at Miles," he said...