Word: research
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...primary reason for the poor teaching, except in the elementary language courses, is that the younger men are too burdened with their own compulsory research--compulsory, because research and its consequent scholastic output are almost the sole bases of promotion today at Harvard. The teaching ability that a man shows, or his work with tutees, is almost completely overlooked when the day for the renewal of his three year appointment rolls around...
...undergraduates in such fields fall into two distinct groups, those fitted for advanced research work, and those not so equipped. Some provision in a college must be made for both. In Physics, a Plan A and Plan B tutorial system might save the situation, as the sparse rays of tutorial instruction on the group I and II men could be focussed, and the less intelligent or less conscientious could shift for themselves...
Stressing the point that his listeners had been here longer than he himself, Professor Westergaard talked briefly on Harvard's advantages for the student, as well as discussing present and projected research in the Engineering School...
John K. Galbraith, instructor in Economics, has received a grant from the Social Science Research Council for study abroad next year, it was learned yesterday. He will be absent from the University next year in Great Britain, Italy and Germany, studying "current developments in the theory of money and banking in relation to agricultural and industrial investment...
This grant is one of thirteen awarded to men and women under 35 years old who have the degree of Ph.D. Basic stipends of $1,800 to $2,500 and travelling expenses are attached to them for research training fellowships...