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...first round of votes on the Harvard College Curricular Review (HCCR). This abysmal attendance not only questions the Faculty’s commitment to the future of the College’s curriculum but also its idealistic complaints about Summers’ inability to effectively run an academic institution??at least he showed...
...turmoil over recent rape allegations aimed at Duke men’s lacrosse team has brought an immense amount of negative attention to that institution??s athletic department. For a school that has long been held up as striking an excellent balance between athletics and academics while avoiding the transgressions that have often marred programs at other big-time schools, this attention is new and exceptionally disappointing. Duke teams have often been held up as a model of how college athletics should be; an academically great institution fielding teams from which most players graduate...
...inflation would be targeted, according to Pals. Harvard’s senior director of federal and state relations, Kevin Casey, said that federal oversight of college tuitions is “something that we think is unfounded and is arbitrary and does not take into account the individual institution??s commitment to financial aid.” The College’s tuition and fees will increase by 4.75 percent next year. But Harvard also recently expanded its financial aid program so that families making under $60,000 a year won’t face any required contribution...
...common thread” that guided it in centuries past. Lewis, who is the McKay professor of computer science and a Harvard College professor, noted that Harvard is not the only university moving away from the ideal of a liberal education, but he faulted the institution??s leadership for not resisting the current trends in higher education, such as the modern consumer culture and the growing costs of universities. “Harvard, as the best of them all, can push back most easily. But the forces controlling Harvard today want it to follow the crowd...
Mankiw said that since Ec 10 was a “fantastically successful institution?? under Feldstein, he operates with a general principle of “if Marty did it, keep doing...