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Word: sub-standard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1936-1936
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Certain facts, however, stand out in bold relief. Last year's Carnegie survey reported the Sociology Department as one of two sub-standard groups in the college. It is the department most likely to receive the sweepings--the undecided, the cast-off from another department, and the seeker of the "snap" field. Since its origin there has been a great increase in the number of concentrators, but there has been hardly more than a gesture made at increasing its allotment of funds. The double action of expansion within and budget rigidity imposed from without has show up grievous flaws...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CENTER ON THE PERIPHERY | 3/21/1936 | See Source »

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