Word: trends
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...attributed this to two factors: first, the low standards in American high schools, caused by the belief that "education can be acquired without discipline"; second, the gramophone-record type of education," which made knowledge a substitute for thought. Goodhart saw this trend in recent quiz contests, of which he claimed, "The more useless the information, the more admiration its possessor inspires...
This conclusion is especially interesting because it refutes a sizable number of attitude studies which claim to find a clear trend toward liberalism with increasing exposure to academic influence. Jacob points out, however, that most of the studies which report this trend were conducted in the 1930's when exceptional social and economic distress brought about a general liberal reorientation. He notes that more recent surveys comparing college graduates with others find the difference in outlook negligible on many questions, and that on economic issues the college man is likely to be more conservative than the others...
...first open in the spring of 1955, when ten students used it to eliminate one half course in favor of independent study. In succeeding terms the plan was used by 19, 17, and 9 students, while 20 used it this spring. No signs appear of any consistent upward trend, nor of any especially meaningful number using the program...
...they know the magic words to say to the foundation boys, they're going to say them"). The foundation must also be wary of overselling a university on a project that it really has no business taking on. It must support group-research projects-for teamwork is the trend-but it must be careful not to slight the lone wolf. It has a responsibility to follow up its grants, but it must not dictate what its grantees do. Finally, it must master one of the most difficult tasks of all in foundationmanship-knowing when to terminate a grant...
...music, and are pleasantly decorated (some in rosewood paneling, one with a pigskin leather floor). The kitchen is one of the world's largest all-electric cookeries, has a refrigerated room to keep all scraps. Socony's restaurant is probably the most luxurious example of a growing trend in U.S. business. Last year 41,000 companies served some 23 million meals each working day to their employees, spent more than $3 billion on food, equipment and service. Says a Joseph E. Seagram & Sons executive: "We look upon it as a necessary function of our industrial-relations program-just...