Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The National Education Association gave out its annual statistics on the growth and needs of the nation's public-school system. With 1,197,000 more pupils than last year, the U.S. now has a shortage of 180,000 teachers and 120,000 classrooms. There are 840,000 students...
None of this made much impression on young Carl-Gustaf Rossby, who in 1918 was a restless, adventurous 19-year-old student at the University of Stockholm. Son of a construction engineer, he went through gymnasium (secondary school) with no special interest in science. Looking around for an exciting profession...
Woman of Rome (Ponti-DeLaurentiis; D.C.A.). In the novel by Italy's Alberto Moravia, the most important thing about La Romana is that she is a dark beauty who loves men and money. In the movie version, the most important thing about her is that she is played by...
This very high honor, coincidental with Harvard's announced "Program for Harvard College," puts Pusey at the head of one of the chief charitable organizations concerned with the teaching profession.
The Foundation was set up in 1905 by the late Andrew Carnegie to support the "profession of the teacher and the cause of higher education." During the past 51 years, the Foundation has provided some $67 million in pensions to retired teachers and their widows. In addition the Foundation constantly...