Word: mcclelland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...council also yesterday heard David C. McClelland '69, professor of Psychology, discuss the correlation between standard measurements of academic achievement like grade point average and achievement tests and performance five or ten years after graduation from college or graduate school...
Citing several studies, McClelland concluded that while most admissions tests predict grades in college reasonably well, grades and tests do not predict performance later in life...
...Patricia McClelland...
...only aspect of these awards that might be misleading is their importance in promotion decisions because Harvard grants tenure solely on independent research and not on teaching skills," David C. McClelland, professor of Psychology and a member of the task force on Pedagogical Improvement, said yesterday...
...task force is currently recommending that the University consider teaching skills in promoting and hiring all faculty members, McClelland added...