The Preliminary Report of the Association Commission on the Organization of the College Curriculum (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Preliminary Report of the Association Commission on the Organization of the College CurriculumAfter such a handsome introduction from the Presi dent, I wonder if you will indulge me with a postscript which has nothing whatever to do with the subject which has been assigned to me for this morning?Two years ago it was my privilege to draw up for this Association a rather elaborate memorandum concerning the history and development and probable outcome of the problem of providing retiring allowances for teachers in universities and colleges. That was printed in the Bulletin ofthe Association and distributed in anticipation of the discussion of the subject at your meeting two years ago, following an address by Dr. Pritchett, the President of the Carnegie Foundation.Those who were interested in that Bulletin and that discussion will, I think, be interested to know that the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association which was then formed has now been in operation for two full years. Its work is meeting an acceptance that indicates its adjust ment to the problem. Having done twice as much work during 1920 as it did during 1919, the Association has now written contracts representing about eleven million dollars. One-third of these represent about three and a half million dollars of life insurance, especially devised for teachers in forms that are provided by no commercial com pany, the other two-thirds represent annuities totalling over a year. All of the contracts of the Association are written at cost, without charge for overhead expenses.These contracts have been written in 224 institutions, and 46 institutions have adopted contractual, contributory annuities for all of their teachers who are interested. A dozen or more institutions in addition have adopted and approved the principle and are working on the details.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.