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Pointing Fingers over Georgia Zbigniew Brzezinski certainly knows his subject when it comes to relationships with the Russians [Aug. 25]. I would expect his practical experience to be more useful than the predominantly academic knowledge of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. It is unfortunate that President George W. Bush's...
Shiller spent much of his early academic career--he earned a Ph.D. from MIT in 1972 and has been teaching at Yale since 1982--making the case that stock-market prices jump around more than is warranted by economic fundamentals. This may sound obvious, but it was for a time...
Other states have argued that's not necessarily so. Many government officials assert that more resources rarely lead to improved student performance. And several academic studies have backed up that contention. "By most measures, the performance of U.S. students has remained stubbornly flat in the face of resource or policy...
Why does that matter? If you believe that climate change is will be one of the greatest challenges facing the U.S. and the world for the foreseeable future, you know that we'll need engineers, scientists and even politicians versed in sustainability. That means American colleges need to educate and...
According to Bisson, Harris will be overseeing some of the offices that had previously reported to Herschbach and she will be stepping into Herschbach’s role in overseeing the Office of Academic Programs, which will now be renamed the Office of Undergraduate Education.