Word: projected
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...believe it is important to allay some of these fears and correct some of these misapprehensions about research and teaching in the natural sciences. Almost invariably, research contracts and grants at this university originate with a professor or group of scholars who believe their project will lead to new and fundamental knowledge. Ordinarily their proposal is reviewed by scientists at other universities who are asked to judge it only on the basis of its scholarly merit. If the university has projects serving other ends, initiated directly or indirectly by its administration or the government, we have yet to learn about...
...connected with the Cambridge Electron Accelerator which Mr. Glassman uses to illustrate some of his points. But we know enough about it to be certain that neither the physicists who proposed this project, nor the members of the Atomic Energy Commission who approved it, ever believed that it might contribute, even slightly, to weapon development. Furthermore, extraordinary care has been exercised to assure that expensive new scientific projects like the Accelerator do not commit the university to permanent investment. When they have outlived their usefulness these facilities will be eliminated far more easily than smaller ones contributed by private donors...
...directed a project that designed the "PERT COST" management system for the Defense Department. The project was originally intended for use on the Polaris program, but since then the "PERT COST" system has become the pentagon's standard management tool...
...following is the second part of a research project prepared by Jeff Seder, a junior in Dunster House, and David Labaree, a doctoral candidate in Social Relations. The CRIMSON welcomes opposing interpretations and responses to the articles...
Whenever a new project stalls for lack of funds, a cry rises to the effect of "Well, if we're worth a billion dollars and we have the largset endowment of any private university in the country, why can't we spend a few puny millions to build . . ." a new athletic building for instance. That billion is capital (Bennett stressed), and once we start cutting into capital we're going to get busted...