Word: shortrun
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...change comes as a response to widespread dissatisfaction with the standby system as used by the shortrun airlines. Eighty per cent of the population of the United States lives within the Eastern route systems, and heavy congestion in standby lines left many students flight-less and caused chronic delays in departure times...
...reasoning since faculty members have had more experience than students. However, the very fact that these people are no longer students seriously limits their perspective. It is students who are in direct contact with the pressures (and the immediate effects of these pressures) of the educational process. The "shortrun" perspective, which many people bemoan as limiting, is a necessary and important part of any complete analysis. It is not included now, and only students can supply it. Thus, the difference in competence is compensated for by the potential student contribution of a more immediate knowledge of educational pressures and conditions...
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