Word: program
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Rampell's most popular program prevents America Online users from being signed off. This program now has about 100,000 clients--the earnings from which allow him to pay for his own college tuition...
...entire Women in Business Steering Committee resigned to start a comparable program, bringing with it about 15 other women from the Chamber...
Seminar-style courses for first-years would inject a human touch into a year where anonymity seems to be the common theme in all courses. Right now, only a quarter of the class gets to enjoy this hands-on learning experience in the Freshman Seminar Program, whether the subject is the medieval cathedral or the history of the Olympic Games...
...valuable as first-year seminars can be, we would be wary about turning them into requirements--first-years must already enroll in Expository Writing and fulfill their language requirement. One way for the majority of first-years to enroll in voluntary seminars would be to expand the existing seminar program dramatically. The seminars could also be offered as letter-graded courses, since many students are unlikely to choose the seminars if they continue to be offered as pass/fail electives that cannot count for department credit...
Expanding the program would also help accommodate more of the large numbers of first-year seminar applicants who are turned down every year. Currently, the selection process is an ordeal in itself, reminiscent of the college application procedure with its forms and interviews. Away from familiar comforts and routines, the last thing a newly arrived first-year needs is academic rejection...