Word: performancy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fact, for less work. Fifteen years ago, a junior high school teacher had a work load of 30 45-min. periods a week, and was required to do a variety of other chores. Today the same teacher is responsible for 25 periods a week and cannot be asked to perform any extra functions. As they rise in the ranks, many teachers give up the classroom for administrative positions. More than a third of the 107,450 people who work for the Board of Education are classified as "nonpedagogical...
...Contract out the collection of refuse to private companies. It is estimated that it costs the city $45 a ton to pick up garbage, while private collectors perform the same job for $22 a ton in San Francisco, $19 a ton in Boston, $18 a ton in Minneapolis...
...Harvard in favor of what they say are more qualified white candidates. According to David L. Evans, associate director of Harvard admissions, some of these recruiters are discouraging minority candidates from applying here, telling them that the only reason they would be admitted is because of reverse discrimination. Recruiters perform a valuable service for Harvard voluntarily, but the few alumni recruiters responsible for out-right racist behavior should be told by L. Fred Jewett, dean of Harvard admissions, that their services are no longer needed, and he should seek out recruiters who are committed to finding black applicants...
...biggest problem that Phifer faces is lack of leadership in the clubs. Sometimes club presidents perform very well their first year, but gradually loss interest in their duties. Phifer, who visits over 30 clubs a year, tries to prod officers to hold regular meetings and offers advice on getting speakers, putting on seminars, and lowering costs, but the officers he supervises are volunteers, and he must treat them gently...
...club activity that seems to need very little encouragement in local interviewing and recruiting of applicants. Each club has a schools and scholarships committee to perform these functions and provide freshman scholarships. Many clubs, according to Phifer, consider this their most important job, and sometimes a club will all but stop meeting during a year when very few of its good local applicants are admitted to Harvard...