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With so many applicants, most of the schools can afford to be choosy, even with the Reagan Administration's threats to eliminate or reduce student-aid programs. More than enough students can pay their way with combinations of loans, parental help or part-time jobs. That is true even...
Though the GSA was correct in angrily dismissing Pattullo's outlook and circulating a petition to that effect, it erred seriously in calling for an official investigation of the academic practices of the center Pattullo heads. We have traditionally supported the GSA's quest for an official University-wide non...
Richard M. Hunt, director of the Mellon Program, said yesterday. "The interests of the national academic community have been well served" by the special opportunities provided by the Mellon grants which enable young scholars "to demonstrate their talents before competing for a declining number of tenured positions. "Because of the...
College admissions officials weigh grades and Scholastic Aptitude Test scores three times as heavily as personal qualities and extracurricular activities, a study released earlier this week finds.
In 1980 two Johns Hopkins University researchers tried to settle the eternal nature/ nurture debate. Julian Stanley - who is well respected for his work with precocious math students of both sexes - and Camilla Benbow had tested 10,000 talented seventh-and eighth-graders between 1972 and 1979. Using the Scholastic...