Word: function
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...appear incredible to an undergraduate that issues of substantial importance are decided in a matter of minutes, but that is indeed the case. Time does not permit the type of investigation which a decision maker should ideally undertake. Therefore, one must take to the decision making function as much general knowledge as possible. If the traditional liberal arts education has a practical function, it is to refine one's "gut reactions." No rule ever determines its own application, and the areas for human discretion are far broader than I would like to have them...
...crisis of doubt about education as an equalizer began in the '60s after it became obvious that the schools were not performing their historic function for black and Spanish-speaking Americans. At first, most educators believed that all that was needed was a series of reforms. Thus schools were to be integrated to wipe out unequal facilities. Compensatory education programs like Head Start and Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 were to help poor children do as well as middle-class children...
...most unique function remains the support it affords student-initiated summer projects and, since 1968, term-time projects on social change. By last September, E4A had funded over 250 projects bringing students into contact with social action in communities in the United States and abroad...
This is a lame excuse at best. The tribal councils cannot function-either financially or legally- without the approval of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and that organization must answer to the Interior Department...
Unfortunately, the Act stipulated that any tribes that refused to ratify the agreement within one year would be deprived of the rights accorded under the Act. Today, some of the Indian tribes still function without the benefit...