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...children, no matter their socioeconomic station in life. Although it is clear that the crux of Wagner’s book is about this new achievement gap, his failure to address the structural barriers to education for low-income and minority students makes one wonder if he is committed??or if he thinks it’s possible—to close that first, nagging gap. At one point during the book, Wagner reduces the complexity of the achievement gap to a simple dichotomy between the “Overachievers” and the “Unengaged...
...Summers became known for funding undergraduate life initiatives that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, of which the College is a part, couldn’t or wouldn’t pay for. As the Faust era begins, one looming question is whether the new president will be as committed??or will need to be as committed??to the social experience of her students...
...being “committed?? to the status quo still means that many students who want to concentrate in Social Studies are unable to—180 applied last year for 144 spots. Next fall, because of the College’s delayed concentration choice, the number of applicants is expected to increase even further, as the concentration’s famous tutorial will be open to all sophomores for the first time...
...poor to the rich,” The Crimson reported.“One never knows if this will have any effect on the President, but we felt it was important to speak out,” Musgrave told The Crimson at the time.‘DEEPLY COMMITTED??Cutler said he first met Musgrave in the early 1990s when Musgrave was on the East Coast and had contacted him, saying he had heard Cutler had joined the Harvard faculty and wanted to meet him.They met about every other year through much of the 1990s to chat about...
...Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR) stated that “substantial revenue from Sudan’s oil production has gone toward the purchase of weapons.” Then-U.S. Secretary of State Colin S. Powell said in September 2004 that “genocide has been committed?? in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, and that Sudan’s government along with so-called Janjaweed militiamen “bear responsibility.” As the Darfur crisis persisted, more than 80 faculty members and nearly 800 students signed an online petition urging...