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...team, the class of ’09 notched up 52 wins, two Ivy League Championships and appearances in the postseason in each of their four years. Akpan played a major role in this success, scoring 12 of the team’s 32 goals this season...
...think we were as good as we were this year,” Lin said. “The freshmen last year, they’re now a year older and are playing with a lot more confidence, and obviously we have a really talented freshman class coming...
Beyond the turnover in professors, we are also concerned with the number of professors that Harvard will be left with after the package takes effect. Dean Smith has clearly stated that he intends to shrink faculty; we are worried that such a change will adversely affect class offerings and, importantly, class sizes. Small class settings and the breadth of our course offerings are vital to the undergraduate experience, and we hope they are not sacrificed for financial reasons. Moreover, small departments, especially those that are composed of committees, might be more negatively affected than others which have more professors...
Though they may gripe, undergraduates’ academic experience is not grossly impacted by the lack of hot breakfast. It will be, however, severely diminished by an increase in class size and a decrease in course offerings; Dean Smith and the rest of FAS must make sure Harvard remains a prestigious academic institution where students receive a first-class education, no matter the cost...
...government school systems in Bihar and Jharkhand were already abysmal well before Naxal activity picked up this year. Average class sizes in the two states are 75 and 65, respectively, for a single teacher, compared to the national average of 40. Literacy rates, too, are well below the national average of 65%. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made development in Naxal-affected areas - including education - a priority, but the attacks and occupation threaten to undo what limited progress his government had made. In the Aurangabad district of Bihar, for example, the government approved about $28,600 to build...