Word: scholasticism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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High school students across the country dread that nerve-wracking rite of passage, the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). But if some students at Brown University have their way, the test may become a thing of the past.
"People have to become aware that the test just doesn't measure scholastic aptitude--what it is supposed to do," said Brown senior Michael H. Spalter, the director of Students Against Testing, the campus organization that sponsored the referendum.
Other possible candidates mentioned includeformer Secretary of the Army Clifford Alexander, aWashington attorney, and Donald M. Stewart,president of the College Board which administersthe Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT). Both Stewartand Alexander are Black.
Although Cambridge students score below the national average on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the city was chosen as having America's "best school committee," the National Education Association (NEA) announced publicly last week.
"I understand that you are a person with athletic achievements who might be interested in Harvard University," reads a letter from Fitzsimmons, who goes on to note that "candidates should demonstrate significant achievement in academic areas...Most of our students achieve scores on [the Scholastic Aptitude Test] in the 500...