Word: stating
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...scholar at Oxford's Merton College. Shannon began teaching at Virginia only three years ago. His new job: matching the school's academic standards with its physical expansion. "I reaffirm the Jefferson tenet," he said last week, "that the University of Virginia be not only an exceptional state and regional university, but also a great national university...
Hooked. The pickings are fat because the U.S. has no national control of education, and sparse state control (only 18 states and the District of Columbia regulate degree giving). In one of 13 states that tolerate "nonprofit" colleges without a charter or license, the typical mill's campus is a small-town post-office box. For $150 and up, the mill sells such degrees as Doctor of Divinity in Metaphysics, Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, "Master Herbalsits" (sic). The signatories are such lustrous personages as "Archbishop John...
...real housecleaning, the A.C.E. urged last week, every state should drastically boost standards for licensing and degree granting. Already the Council of State Governments has shown "willingness to proceed immediately toward uniform state legislation." Congress might also plug interstate and international loopholes with new laws, make sure that U.S. Foreign Service officers get full dossiers on academic racketeers. "Through such solidly founded cooperation," the A.C.E. concluded, "there is a real chance that American degree mills can be eliminated...
...Louisiana State (4-0)-crushed Miami's rugged defenses in the second half for a 27-3 victory...
...Southern California (3-0)-sat out the weekend, but has shown enough power in beating Pittsburgh 23-0 and Ohio State 21-0 to look like the best West Coast team in years...