Word: academicization
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But in more and more places today, the connections are palpable and practical. Colleges are once again helping neighborhood schools by designing curriculums and training teachers, helping write academic standards, and mounting capital campaigns. Some universities are starting charter schools from scratch on their campuses. Five years ago, just two...
I went to an academic dinner not long ago at which the subject was friendship. It might have been called something grand like "The Metaphysics of Friendship." The discussion ascended to a high altitude. The air got a little thin.
Multiply such testimonials--each heartfelt, each slightly different according to the circumstances of the speaker--by millions, and Rowling's effect on the world around us becomes, just barely, imaginable. And it's not only young people who love the Harry Potter books; they have been eagerly adopted by uncounted...
That pervasive inconsistency may prove to be more than a source of academic puzzlement; it risks compromising the physical and mental well-being of the nation's youth. According to a study released this week by the nonprofit Urban Institute, America's boys and young men are confused and uninformed...
He has plenty of time to think about it, of course. But a few suggestions have already popped up. If he can't be president of the United States, perhaps he'd enjoy taking the helm of his alma mater instead? Gore is one of 500 nominees who will be...