Word: ratio
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Under the present advising setup one faculty member handles nine advisees. The new plan will cut this ratio slightly and reduce the number of faculty advisors, though never eliminating them entirely. "They are much too valuable a part of the system to lose entirely," von Stade explained...
...rise of the discount house is in almost direct ratio to the passage of the Fair Trade laws in the 30s, which were designed to stop "discounts" and drastic price-cutting. The Fair Trade prices were so high that they left a fat margin for the discounter to cut. The laws can be enforced against big, well-known stores (e.g., New York's R. H. Macy & Co., Bloomingdale Bros., Abraham & Straus), but few manufacturers have the time or energy to slap a lawsuit on every small discounter. Some big companies such as Sunbeam, Magnavox and General Electric are trying...
Bard has such features. With its seven to one student--faculty ratio and idyllic seclusion it is in a sense a remarkably good place for intellectual development. Within this atmosphere the college aims--on paper at least--to develop creativity, individuality, and community spirit in its students. Detailed research is not part of the plan...
...faculty which makes these judgments is essentially a teaching faculty--the kind that would be interested in mak- ing such detailed analysis of its students. Only fourteen members have doctorates. In addition, Case calls it far from the ideal size, in spite of the high faculty-student ratio. More members, according to him, are needed in order to furnish an intellectual climate for the faculty as a whole. The students keep the faculty on their toes with stimulus from "good, bright, eager undergraduate minds...
There were fewer medical school graduates in 1950 than in 1905, Harris pointed out, emphasizing the need for increasing the doctor-population ratio. Berry explained, however, that many of the country's doctors in 1905 were graduates of schools new closed...