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Word: prospecting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...entire Virginia public school system should be put on a four-quarter program much like that which had been tried with little success in Aliquippa, Ambridge, and Fort Worth. The plan, which had met with great parental disapproval, was shelved when the segregation crisis occurred, and there is little prospect that it will be revived. Despite its failure, the Virginia proposal represents one of the first serious moves by a state system toward the full year school, and is memorable for that reason alone...

Author: By Stephen F. Jencks, | Title: Schools, Colleges Experiment With Full-Time Operation: Four Quarters, Summer Sessions | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

...would be a matter of less than $40,000, and could easily be covered by a nominal increase in tuition, the fact remains that, for Exeter, or any school or college with a substantial endowment, the financial gain of the revised curriculum is largely lost. For most schools, the prospect of cheaper education would be the main reason for change...

Author: By Stephen F. Jencks, | Title: Schools, Colleges Experiment With Full-Time Operation: Four Quarters, Summer Sessions | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

...most hopeful prospect at the moment is the summer session. As an institution, it has existed for years, but only recently has the summer session become something more than a device by which the brilliant can accelerate their education while the weak catch up with the work they failed to master during the regular year. And even in the relatively long existence of college summer schools, the session has generally been regarded as something for those with unusual needs or interests--teachers or exceptional students who want or need to spend more of their time in classes...

Author: By Stephen F. Jencks, | Title: Schools, Colleges Experiment With Full-Time Operation: Four Quarters, Summer Sessions | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

...outlook for such solution is dim, however, the necessity is overwhelming. Without it, there is little prospect that the immediate shortage of teachers can be solved, that the ever-rising cost of classrooms can be met, or that the rising tide of those who wish to be educated can find a place in our schools and colleges...

Author: By Stephen F. Jencks, | Title: Schools, Colleges Experiment With Full-Time Operation: Four Quarters, Summer Sessions | 10/17/1959 | See Source »

This response encouraged prospective anti-Communist delegates. Moreover, the prospect of a free city as a forum for argument was attractive. The American methods for achieving the twin objective were fourfold: the efforts for free election with the U.S. delegation; personal contacts with other youth; outspoken participation in the seminars; and disruptions of Festival proceedings and otherwise...

Author: By Cliff F. Thompson, | Title: Vienna Festival Chants 'Peace, Friendship' | 10/14/1959 | See Source »

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