Word: freshmen
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...rise in SAT scores and minority enrollment. In a pilot program in Oregon, high school and state-college educators are redesigning college-entrance requirements so that admission will hinge on a portfolio of student work graded on a uniform scale. In the California State University system, 54% of freshmen had to take remedial math courses in 1998; the following year only...
...hours before he conceded the election, Al Gore was on the phone with his old friend Norm Dicks, a Democratic Congressman from Washington State. Allies since 1977, when both were House freshmen, Gore and Dicks stayed in touch during the last roller-coaster days of the 2000 contest. Now that it was over, Dicks told the Vice President, "you've done all you could do. You'll have another day." Gore giggled nervously and said, "I'm not so sure about that." Dicks could hear the hurt in his voice. "He won Florida," Dicks told TIME, "and should be President...
...most instances, a student called before the ad board of the College is represented by his Assistant Dean of Freshmen or his Allston Burr Senior Tutor. The student can choose to be present as well...
...students want different representation, they can choose between the dean of freshmen, the secretary of the ad board, the director of the Core program, or any assistant or associate dean of the College who is a regular board member. The student cannot, however, choose to be represented by a lawyer...
Anne Wexler, a Washington legend who managed a panoply of Democratic constituency groups as President Jimmy Carter's public liaison, advised the freshmen on the dynamic between White House staff and Congressional representatives...