Word: professionalizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since the establishment of the Regional Studies Program at Harvard in 1946, the concept of a geographically defined academic discipline has become increasingly well received. The value of utilizing many fields of study to examine a large-scale culture seems to have much merit to those for whom the program...
But it was hard to believe that in a nation of 132,000 prostitutes, this signaled the death of the world's oldest profession.
Lie Like Mad. Each week Fates picks his impostors from about 70 applicants ("This is a great outlet for hams"), then puts them through intensive briefings with the "central character." "We like real switches - such as the parachute salesman and the guy who sells accident insurance posing as an Empire...
And what of teacher training? Last year, the National Education Association reported, U.S. colleges and universities turned out only 2,982 mathematics teachers, compared to 9,783 teachers of physical education. Said Dean Lester Vander Werf of Northeastern College of Education: "Teachers are of a lower mental caliber than members...
Unlike the M.D. or the LL.B., the Ph.D. does not lead to any one profession, and therefore the time needed to earn it varies from school to school and field to field. "Generally, the Ph.D. takes at least four years to get; more often it takes six or seven, and...