Word: segel
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Statisticians Segel & Proffitt studied the college marks of students in 13 colleges and universities, compared them with the same students' earlier records-high-school marks, extracurricular activities, etc. Some of their findings were trite: that a student who has a good average in high school, or rates high in intelligence tests, is likely to get good marks in college; that a youth who works for part of his college expenses gets lower than average marks, but a determined 100% self-supporting student ranks above the average...
...Some Factors in the Adjustment of College Students-by David Segel and Maris M. Proffitt (Superintendent of Documents, Washington...
...Abraham Segel, head of the College Tutoring Bureau, stated yesterday, "We wish to say that our outlines have been prepared solely to be used as a supplement to the books prescribed in a course rather than as a substitute for them. Students have found these outlines of use in arriving at a better understanding of the material presented in the courses. There has been no intention on our part to offend the authors or publishers...
...Segel also said that since there had been no complaints from any other publishers, the Tutoring Bureau would continue to sell its outlines of other books...