Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...structure of the new School of Public Administration begins to assume a definite form, it can be seen that the suggestions of the Dodds Commission are being followed almost to the letter. It is a deserved tribute to the work done by the men who made the recent report and a happy inaugural for the program of the latest addition to Harvard's family...
Wary of the educational anarchists who denounce any form of test as tending to prostitute pure mental development, Investigator Kandel noted in his report that recently many marking systems have been thoroughly overhauled and newer, more comprehensive essay-type examinations substituted for mere yes-&-no tests. Nevertheless, concluded he: "What is clear from the use of tests is that there is no single measure for predicting educational success...
Acquisition by the Fogg Museum of several major art works and of money gifts totaling more than $52,000 in the past year was announced by Edward W. Forbes, director of the museum, in his annual report to President Conant...
Last week Harvard's Student Council had something to say on the subject. From 1,300 replies to a questionnaire sent students last December, asking data on their relations with tutoring schools, the Council issued a twenty-page report. The gist: "Tutoring schools have grown out of their proper place, and are a corrosive influence on Harvard's educational standards...
...report did not blame the schools. It censored the University for retaining "badly organized courses," harboring instructors" who recognize publicly the work done in the schools by the students," and for the "loss of contact between students and instructors within the University...