Word: academicization
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With its medieval architecture, well-manicured greens and charming wooden punts, Cambridge University is renowned for its beauty as well as its academic rigor. Yet for one visiting American in the 19th century, the elegant surface of Victorian Cambridge masked a culture of debauchery where students indulged in heavy drinking...
But during his college years, the gangly 6’ 5’’ “Dunk” was known more for his dogged determination to be a basketball star than for his academic pursuits—though the son of a distinguished University of Chicago...
The Lowdown: The phenomenon Ritchin explains - the democratization and manipulation of photography via digital cameras and computers - is compelling. It's true that flat photographs in newspapers and magazines used to be the tools with which we viewed the world around us. As each day passes, our view gets richer...
• While head of Chicago schools, Duncan did not shy away from controversy. His decision to close failing schools and use unconventional methods to increase academic performance has often been met with resistance from the community.
• "I think all of our kids need the opportunity to learn and to grow 11 and 12 months out of the year." - on the virtues of summer school and the possibility of lengthening the academic school year, Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2001