Abstract
THE eighty-third annual report of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, covers the year ending June 30, 1942, and includes the report of the director, Mr. E. S. Burdell, with the departmental reports of the School of Engineering, the Art School, the Library, the Division of Social Philosophy, and the Division of Business Administration. Dealing with the effect of America's entry into the War upon American education, Mr. Burdell hints that the United States Office of Education may assign a specific training task to each college in terms of its capacity, equipment and personnel. He further predicts the year-round operation of many colleges and particularly of engineering schools. The post-war demand for scientifically trained personnel for rehabilitation and reconstruction purposes promises to be as great as the existing demand for trained men for the armed services. Teaching staffs, however, must not be called upon to face a twelve-month academic year with rest periods on a catch-as-catch-can basis. Colleges which anticipate year-round operation should be prepared to adopt the 'quarter-off' system which already works successfully in the State universities now on a four-semester basis, where a member of the teaching staff may expect his non-teaching semester during any one of the four quarters, which usually correspond to the four seasons of the year.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Nature 151, 500 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151500a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/151500a0