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Despite its drawbacks, pass/fail is by no means dead. "It should be used, for example, when a scientist wants to take an art course," says Northwestern's Baker, who thinks a student should be able to broaden his horizons without risking poor grades in subjects in which he has interest but perhaps little aptitude. In New York, City University Professor Philip Baumel goes even farther. "Most students usually opt for pass/fail for the right reasons," he insists. But Baumel, too, has noted a trend away from the new system: "There's a move...
Harvard Sociologist Daniel Bell, a FORTUNE editor for ten years, opened the discussion with an analysis of America's recent failures, including aspects of the Great Society, Viet Nam and Watergate. Social Scientist David Riesman talked about higher education; Radcliffe President Matina Horner discussed the outlook for women; Bernard Frieden, director of the M.I.T.-Harvard Joint Center for Urban Studies, the scarcity of housing. The other seminar participants: Law Professor Paul Freund, Harvard Business School Dean Lawrence Fouraker, Historian Bernard Bailyn, Sociologist Gene Sharp, John F. Kennedy Library Director Dan Fenn Jr., Head of Harvard Russian Research Center Adam...
Bruce Chalmers, a Harvard scientist, is working to develop a new solar battery that would harness the sun's energy and supply cheap power. Experts say the battery could help ease the burden of energy shortages...
...year-old scientist is an assistant to Dean Rosovsky and is widely regarded as one of the University's most skilled administrators. He serves as vice chairman of the Faculty Council, masterminding the parliamentary business of the Faculty...
...Scientists know from experience what could happen if a coastal storm should blow up on these dates. Research Scientist Fergus J. Wood, of the National Ocean Survey, recalled last week that a spring tide of 5.2 ft. at Atlantic City in March 1962 was whipped by gusts of up to 70 knots and rose 9.5 ft. above the average low-water mark. Huge waves battered the Atlantic coast. The accompanying floods cost 40 lives and some $500 million in damage...