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...small number of faculty or small number of concentrators taking their courses—that’s not a good reason for getting rid of it,” Smith says. “Take something like Sanskrit—it might be small on campus but India is huge...
...help preserve the identity of minorities by learning more about them, and funding important initiatives. There is a need to fund projects that connect the Druze with their ancestral brethren in Syria and Israel/Palestine. It is also unclear whether the Druze have historical or spiritual roots in China and India...
...method of applying to institutions of higher education is disturbingly detached. After all, is a signature the only item an admissions office needs to cast a value judgment on a candidate? For the same reasons, the new practice of outsourcing higher-education grading to companies based in Malaysia and India is troubling; the imperfections in a student’s paper cannot be fixed like a technological glitch. These trends serve as additional evidence that the increasing commoditization and impersonality of education cannot be ignored...
...spite of these setbacks, however, we see some signs of progress manifest around the world. In India, a country long dogged by misogyny, we took heart in a bill that promises to establish quotas for the number of women in Parliament. However, in spite of its positive sentiments, we did voice concern about the possibility that the bill could further marginalize minorities, such as Muslims...
...Harvard’s strategy is broad-based. The office of technology development is working to apply global-access strategies to all medical technologies emerging from our labs—not just neglected tropical diseases. It is also developing ways to provide access in lower-middle-income countries like India, where the majority of the population still cannot afford expensive medical treatments. While much work remains to be done, Harvard has begun to show itself as a leader among peer institutions in implementing its commitments to global access...