Word: academicization
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A crisis is brewing. In light of a several recent studies underscoring the importance of sleep for strong academic performance, a number of Massachusetts colleges have become alarmed to discover just how little their students are sleeping. The problem is endemic to many institutions—according to a 2007...
Republican Presidential candidate John McCain’s health care plan would likely have little impact on the number of uninsured Americans, according to a study co-authored by Harvard School of Public Health professor Katherine Swartz. Swartz and her three co-writers concluded that, within five years, this number...
Well, prospective lawyers, you can kiss that “A” in Civil Procedure goodbye. Last week, Harvard Law School (HLS) announced that it would eliminate letter grades by the fall of 2009, adopting an “honors pass/pass/low pass/fail” grading system like those...
With the announcement of the Nobel Prize in literature expected in the coming days, many literary hopefuls are sure to be on the edges of their seats as American authors like Philip Roth, John Updike ’54, and Joyce Carol Oates are considered for the prize. But a...
Ah, women, the consistently, tragically underestimated constituency. What the Democrats learned during the primaries and the Republicans might now be finding out the hard way, I learned at my very academic, well-regarded all-girls high school: that is never to discount the ability of women to open a robust...