Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 13:09:48 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: secular?


Lisa Rogers wrote:

> Jerry, could you clarify for me the meaning of "secular" in this
> context.  I have a general sense, but...
> >>> <glevy-AT-acnet.pratt.edu>  3/31/96, 05:53am >>>
> On the one hand, public schools have deteriorated and youth are more 
> affected by a graphic or vocal message than a printed one (witness
> the  amount of hrs/day that students sit in front of the TV). On the
> other hand,  larger and larger percentages of people are being
> admitted to and  graduating from college (a secular trend since the
> 1960's).

ongoing/continuous.

"going on from age to age; continuing through long ages" (_The Random 
House Dictionary_).

Jerry


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