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Response from American universities to a proposal for the creation of a World Student Bank "has been good," according to William Speer, associate Dean of Student Affairs at M.I.T. and initiator of the proposal. The purpose of the Student Bank would be to make more possible "the flow of students from one country to another...
Though plans for such a Bank are still in the very early stages, Speer suggested that the initial subsidy for the project could perhaps be gotten from an international organization like the World Bank. Once begun, the enterprise would be "revolving," since money would be constantly repaid. He emphasized that a World Student Bank would have to be kept "above the political level." For this reason, it should not be under the control of individual governments...
While the Bank would be organized on an international level, Speer noted that it "has to rely on the initiative of one leader in each." Its organization within each country would be geared to the specific needs of that country; a nation, for example, whose economy was based on farming, might wish to send most of its students to study agriculture...
...19th century, 400-cell fortress-penitentiary maintained at an annual cost of more than $67,500 to keep just three inmates. The others: former Hitler Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach, former Nazi Production Czar Albert Speer...
Cooperative Teachers. The victories solved nothing. Superintendent Speer and the weekly Aspen Times blasted the school board for not following its own ruling. Earlier, Pecjak had offered to resign, was refused with thanks. Now Speer turned in his resignation, had it accepted by an unruffled school board. Last week Superintendent Speer turned over his job to the assistant superintendent, who also happens to be supervisor of high school ski instruction. At week's end Pecjak was standing firm on his statement that may have voted for that eligibility thing, but that doesn't mean I feel...