Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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These were average students and they of course had fewer contacts with the faculty than men with higher group rankings. They were impressed by various teacher who characteristic ways, though always it was the teacher who communicated enthusiasm whom they remembered well. Some of the graduates attacked scholars and researchers...
Tutorial was a blessing, redeeming the careers of some but for others it was not enough. All the men the House Masters and Senior Tutors rated high reported fine tutorials; all the men rated low found tutorial disappointing. Whitla maintains that tutorial alone was not sufficient contact with a faculty...
Many of the students rated low felt that anonymity had been a cause of their weak efforts and low grades. Such men declared they had no faculty contact whatever, Whitla says, and they related this causally to their apathy and indifference. These average students in the survey. Whitla says, "could...
Beneath all that Whitla talks about is the assumption that education is not only (and perhaps not mainly) academic. He believes it is also the imparting of a set of ideas and values which serve the student for life. It is clear that he thinks Harvard is less aware of...
Another problem that the survey suggests should be a warning to the College: the receptivity of its students, and the frightening extent to which they are eager to submit their minds to the influence of a faculty member. It is sobering to think how many students will adopt a role...