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Most of the work at E.T.S. is done by professional experts aided by hundreds of teachers who meet in drafting committees. Each new question undergoes a trial run in a current test; if it proves too hard, too easy or too ambiguous, it is revised or dropped. So rigorous is...
By his high school years, the Shields protege will be spending every weekend day, every summer, racing around triangular courses in Penguins or Blue Jays or Lightnings. When he graduates to larger craft, he will need his weekdays off (no summer work for him) to perfect his skills in rigorous...
While Pound was Dean, law school registration almost doubled, but his standards were so rigorous that only two-thirds of his students gained degrees. Among these were many of the great political innovators of the New Deal years.
An increasingly rigorous Summer School admissions policy has succeeded in weeding out students unprepared for college work and those not interested in studying, Crooks believes. "We're taking a closer look at all applications," he said, and the School requested further information beyond the short application form from more students...
By virtue of this head start, "Fern Sem," now the Emma Willard School, is the oldest academic girls' school in the U.S. It is still as progressively rigorous as in the days of its no-frills founder. "No deb balls for us," says Principal William Dietel, 37. "The parents...