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...academia. Carter, the former assistant secretary of defense for international security policy under the Clinton administration, is expected to be named to the Pentagon’s top acquisition and technology job as early as this week, Reuters reports. The announcement would come as a flurry of Harvard professors??€”including many of Carter’s colleagues at the Kennedy School—prepare to head south for Washington to join the Obama administration. News of Carter’s likely appointment was met with approval at the Kennedy School, where many of his colleagues pointed to both...
...Harvard in four—or eight—years, if not sooner. Undoubtedly, these professors will return with new knowledge to impart upon their students, or great experiences to share at the very least. As Harvard attempts to successfully prepare its students for the world outside of academia, professors??€™ real-life experiences as Washington insiders will provide fodder for their courses when they return. Moreover, though many of the departing professors certainly do not need further validation with regard to their accomplishments, their actions in Washington will add to their prestige and thus benefit Harvard when they...
...despite the professors??€™ endorsement of these changes, students harbor mixed reactions. Urvesh M. Shelat ’09, a member of a student-faculty committee that discussed the changes last year, said he is ambivalent about the changes. While he said that the amendments are interesting ideas that will definitely attract more students to the department, Shelat said that it may also change the concentration’s demographic...
...While the full force of hope and change operated on the psychological and emotional levels, indeed, visible proofs of faith have also abounded. The ubiquitous Obama campaign buttons—attached to fleeces, tattered satchels, and even professors??€™ tweed jackets—and t-shirts with the Senator’s stylized silhouette served as frequent external reminders of the campus’s conversion. But these, it turns out, were rather modest autos...
...election cycle, Harvard academics had contributed over $200,000 to the Obama campaign in direct donations, and two of Harvard’s most distinguished law professors??€”Tribe and Cass R. Sunstein ’75, Obama’s erstwhile colleague at the University of Chicago—emerged as staunch backers of his presidential campaign...