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...everyone is prepared to dig into the B.S. program," he says. "The B.A. option serves a valuable purpose by letting people who are less certain that they want to commit themselves to the rigor of [the B.S. program] still get an outstanding education while preparing them to go on to do graduate engineering work." Brockett notes that many students who have earned the B.A. degree have gone on to attend prestigious graduate programs...
...part it is a double entendre because the animals in the Burgess Shale are so peculiar and wonderful. It is also because the movie illustrates this fundamental concept of contingency: that is, George Bailey is about to commit suicide because Mr. Potter has stolen some money, which is going to drive Bailey's firm into bankruptcy, and he figures his life has been utterly insignificant. He says, "I wish I had never been born," and then follows that famous ten-minute scene that shows the town of Bedford Falls had George Bailey never been born. It is an alternate reality...
...Harvard men? Too immature, oversexed, ugly, unwilling to commit. The wise woman doesn't trust a Harvard man any farther than she can throw...
...meetings for the membership, and that at the last one, only two members had shown up. Now, I'd be happy to meet with any two students who had a concern, and I think the other undergraduate directors would also be willing. But other board members are reluctant to commit to this kind of situation, mainly just because they're busy people. (Bill Dixon is senior vice president at MIT, Sally Zeckhauser is Harvard's vice president for administration, and so on.) If I could guarantee that even 50 students would show up, they'd be more than happy...
...even larger problem is the dearth of minority Ph.Ds candidates nationwide. While Harvard could bolster its ranks of minority faculty by luring them away from other universities, this approach is no lasting solution. Harvard will have to commit itself to increasing the number of minorities in the academic "pipeline" before the problem of homogeneous faculties can be adequately addressed. The recent increase in minority admissions to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences--which followed a boost in the school's financial aid funding--is a promising sign for the 21st century...