Word: rethink
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...over the country the high cost of higher education and the current reduction in state and federal aid are forcing public university systems to rethink an egalitarian admissions philosophy. For more than a decade, open admissions attracted many talented people who might never have had the chance for a college education. But it also saddled many schools with students woefully unprepared to do college work. The cost of remedial education has skyrocketed. Says Leon Mayhew, vice chancellor for the University of California at Davis: "There are costs in the generic sense of money spent. The other cost...
...elicited sanctions from the United States and a "wait-and-see" response from Europe. But all the allies must come to realize that there is no panacea for the Polish dilemma. The alliance's divergent responses to the Polish crackdown do offer one clear lesson: The West must rethink its policy toward the Soviet Union if it is to avoid future "Polands" and bolster a shaky partnership. The West must seriously consider rescuing detente--a concept buried recently under an increasing barrage of bellicose rhetoric--from its premature grave...
Solidarity represents a freedom movement above all else, and the U.S. must take the opportunity to show its resolve to defend the values it represents. To do that, the U.S. must fundamentally rethink its policy in Eastern Europe...
Some union leaders are starting to rethink their old and often outdated shibboleths. Productivity used to be just a word that meant harder work for the same...
...seen overassertive, but it's not. It gives the students a chance to bring focus into a subject that they would have ignored altogether otherwise. And when the professor sees on all the exams these cogent arguments all in favor of the same viewpoint, he is going to rethink his own presentation. He'll be surprised that his lectures were so conclusive, he didn't realize he felt so strongly, but next year he'll be more explicit. Again, everyone profits...