Word: academicization
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“What we’re trying to do is to cross boundaries between fields, between schools, between institutions, between academia and industry—cross boundaries that you don’t usually see crossed at academic institutions,” said Ingber, who is a pathologist...
“The research institute will almost be like a research and development start-up in an academic environment,” Ingber said. “It will be very different from what has been done at Harvard in past years.”
Dean of Admissions for Harvard College William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 surprised many in the academic community in September when he suggested that there may be a time in the near future when the SAT—which is currently required of all Harvard applicants—would...
None of this is to condone leaving students from low economic backgrounds by the educational wayside. There will always be outliers, and there are surely members of lower socioeconomic classes—first-generation immigrants, for instance—who are on the academic rise. As members of educational elites...
In a society of free spirits, where fashion is a legitimate and oft-used mode of expression, the idea of a school—nevertheless a public school—mandating that students wear uniforms may at first appear ludicrous. Yet that’s precisely what Hartford, Conn. has...