Word: tend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...concentrations tend to be self-selective, since students who choose these fields seem willing to make a strong commitments to their field. Case's opinion of her fellow concentrators is that "all the undergraduates are really into what they're doing, really fascinated by the subject...
...administration has been "very supportive" of the Folklore and Mythology program, says Nagy. He attributes the university's attention to smaller concentrations to the fact that Harvard "has always had a commitment to honors programs" which "tend to be smaller in scale...
...here, however, they discover a variety of new factors that generally alter the way they spend their time. In the first place, school is much more demanding. And it costs much more, so that three quarters of the student body gets some kind of job. Finally, the extracurriculars tend to be more intense...
...months, 2851 undergraduates on the university payroll have earned more than a million dollars. By June, the number of students employed by Harvard will have increased to 3715. Many of those student also work on outside activities, but the leadership of several extracurriculars, especially the more time-consuming varieties, tend to have working students underrepresented...
Director of the Student Employment Office Martha H. Homer says that she believes there are plenty of activities on campus that students can participate in while working. "A job often encourage students to be more organized and efficient." Furthermore, campus employers tend to be very flexible when it comes to accommodating students' schedules. Because work-study allows employers to pay less money, there is a greater range of interesting jobs available, says Homer...