Word: upperclass
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kerr said he thought the reversal was "mainly the result of a large turn-out of very conservative freshmen." He added, however, that he thought a majority of the upperclass club members support Reagan, as he does...
While the University may have counted its pennies carefully deciding to transfer one custodial worker from each upperclass House to the Business School, it didn't count on vocal opposition to the move-from students, union officials, and some House masters...
Opponents of cooperatives have charged that the plans, common in some parts of the country, are an attempt to evade laws limiting condominium conversions and that, if cooperative developments are allowed, they may force poor and elderly tenants out of the city, replacing them with upperclass residents who are able to afford the price...
...Horner report on advising and counseling pinpointed this lack of coordination between freshmen and upperclass years as one of Harvard's major advising trouble spots. The report states, "It became clear that the change in student initiative and behavior required by the shift to advising done within an academic department or framework and by the tutorial staff in the Houses is, for many students a source of considerable confusion, frustration, and misunderstanding at the beginning of a very important and difficult year...
Within their first few months as plebes, West Point was engulfed in the worst cheating scandal in its 178-year history. As first-year students, the women were ineligible for the upperclass Electrical Engineering 304 course that produced the shared exam answers and the scandal. But last year their presence caused a lesser scandal-that one involving dating cadets and outlawed hazing practices-that put the Academy on the front pages of the newspapers again. To an outsider the female attrition rate in the Class of '80, a shade under 50%, seems terribly high. But the Academy points...