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...That means if you're a pre--med major you can take your tough science or lab courses during the summer when your load's a little easier, get better grades and a better education. In the Ivy League over the summer you have to work to pay your way the rest of the year--or pay for summer school...
...tank cars that are used to ship dangerous substances. Only about 20 now meet the new standards. Moreover, as an economy measure, railroads have increased the length of their freight trains. Declared Kay Bailey, acting head of the National Transportation Safety Board: "The tracks often cannot bear the load of bigger trains and heavier cars...
Hampshire's couple's name plates are symbolic of a growing academic phenomenon: the shared appointment in which a single faculty slot is filled with a husband-wife duo. In such a case, the couple share the teaching load, salary, and health and retirement benefits normally awarded to one full-time faculty member. There are now some 50 shared appointments across the nation, mostly at small liberal arts colleges that are eager to acquire two part-time teachers, often with two separate areas of specialization, for the price of one. Says Evelyn Pluhar, who shares a philosophy appointment with...
Most of the couples feel that an opportunity for both husband and wife to enjoy equally interesting jobs on the same campus more than makes up for having to split a single salary or, in some cases, depending on the course load, a salary and a half. James Carley, 31, a teacher of medieval literature who shares an appointment with his wife Marjorie Woods, 30, at the University of Rochester, has no trouble rationalizing the situation. Says he: "A traditional academic couple?the husband teaching, the wife at home?would get only one salary anyway." Another advantage of job sharing...
Vorenberg, who is also a professor of Law, will not cut down on his course load as a result of the post. His new responsibilities may force him to reduce his research work, he said...