Word: opinionated
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...opinion piece published in The New York Times, University President Drew G. Faust wrote that in the face of pressure toward preprofessional undergraduate educations, “we should remember that colleges and universities are about a great deal more than measurable utility...
...proposed making 12th grade optional in order to save the state around $60 million. Although we understand the magnitude of the financial pressures confronting Utah and other states, making the final year of high school nonobligatory sends the wrong message. It further devalues schooling in an age when public opinion has come to doubt the value of education qua education. Despite the necessity of budget cuts in a time of fiscal difficulty, the field of education should be protected at all costs...
...What scientists say to me is that they find that as they sit there working with these microscopes they turn to the person at the next microscope and say, ‘Look what I found!’ and that person weighs in with an opinion,” she says. “If they weren’t adjacent, that conversation, that spark of insight would never have happened...
Though some tutors say they have not interacted with Hammonds enough to formulate an opinion, Lowell House senior staff tutor Van C. Tran says that he would give Hammonds an ‘A’ for her performance as dean...
...choose their own Houses and roommates in accordance with their individual preferences and interests”—the relatively limited student reaction appears to have focused on one specific consequence of the plan, rather than to the University’s failure to consult undergraduate opinion before instituting the change...