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Students in the Harvard Dance Program had their own take on the program’s situation. “I think it’s hard because most people coming to Harvard have chosen Harvard because they want to do other things beside dance. There’s a reason we chose Harvard over a conservatory,” Stoller-Lindsey says. “The more they incorporate into the curriculum, the more we’ll be able to fit dance into our schedules...
...Administration's turnaround funds are being routed through the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program. In the past, SIG has provided federal dollars (up to about $500 million) to failing schools in order to implement changes. Of the five SIG restructuring options available to such underperforming schools, the most commonly chosen simply requires schools to make some change, any change - such as a new curriculum or extra training for teachers. Weak sauce, in other words. With this new $3.5 billion, districts (which will compete for cash obtained by states through the application of a formula) will have to show that they...
...current study, which he has been conducting at an undisclosed college since September, is focused on first-year students, all of whom are health pre-professionals taking a seminar about their chosen career path...
...over a century Rhodes Scholars have left Oxford to begin their careers. Given their records, virtually any jobs have been available to them. For most of that history, they have overwhelmingly chosen paths in scholarship, teaching, writing, medicine, scientific research, law, and military and public service. They have reached the highest levels in virtually all fields, from prize-winning novelists to a U.S. president...
...there is nothing wrong if one believes the rules and practices of corporate governance are adequate to assure reasonable compensation practices. But can anyone maintain they do, given the undemocratic ways in which corporate directors are chosen and elected, and the myriad examples of executive compensation perversely related to shareholder return...