Word: programing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Meanwhile, even Carter Administration officials declare the current combination of unemployment and inflation to be "unacceptable." Last week House Speaker Tip O'Neill told reporters that Carter plans to present the nation with yet another economic package, perhaps as soon as this week. The new program, according to O'Neill, is likely to focus on the problem of unemployment...
...tries not to dwell on the future. Instead, he spends his empty hours playing with his two children, helping his wife Kathy around the house, or ritualistically unpacking and cleaning the precision calipers, gauges and scales that lie neatly slotted in his tool chest. Painter was halfway through a program to become a journeyman machinist when he was laid off. Those tools still represent his dream of advancement. His determination unbending, he says: "A man's got to keep his hands in tune, his mind alert. You can't let them slowly kill you and let your family...
...also recruits many of its applicants. One typically enthusiastic student is Senior Bob Robertson, 36, a Ford engineer who took one college course per term at night school for 15 years before enrolling in Weekend College. Says Robertson, who will graduate this month: "During two years in this program, I have made more progress toward the degree than I had in the past...
...late afternoon and after midnight; the week's fare is then repeated on Sunday for makeup and review. The curriculum, taught by the 82-member faculty, includes courses in science, the humanities and the social sciences, as well as mandatory classes in writing and research projects. The program can be completed in four years, but most students take five. That is still much less than the ten to twelve years often required for standard adult-education programs...
...weekenders must maintain the same minimum C average and pay the same tuition ($149 per quarter for freshmen and sophomores, $266.50 for juniors and seniors) required of regular students. But unlike the weekday program, Weekend College admits any high school graduate, regardless of his or her grades. The quarterly dropout rate is about 50%, double WSU's overall average, though many of those who leave do so because of job changes or marital problems and return later on. Laid-offautoworkers can receive unemployment benefits while enrolled in Weekend College, but are ineligible for such aid if they become full...