Word: concern
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...efficacy, Stanley Ikenberry, president of the American Council on Education, said that higher learning means more than mere mastery of content. "It involves judgment, analysis, synthesis, communication, creativity and innovation," he noted. That may be so, but fortunately such achievements have never been associated with the college experience. My concern is what else will be forfeited if these ventures are successful--those elements of college life that have come to characterize so much of American culture. I don't wish to sound 20th century about this, but could the country survive the eclipse, nay the elimination of the following...
Academics are but one of the issues that all pre-frosh should make an attempt to learn about this weekend. Ethnic, religious and geographic diversity is another important concern. On Friday at 4:30 p.m., students will host a panel entitled "Multi-Cultural Perspectives" which will be followed by a Faculty-hosted panel, "Perspectives on Diversity," on Saturday at 2 p.m. Ask what percentage of tenured professors are women or minorities, and ask why Harvard has no degree-granting program in ethnic studies. Athletes should meet with the Department of Athletics to learn about accommodations for students. Ask how important...
...swirl of questions and controversy around GM foods that fast-food companies have begun to worry about their reputations with customers. "The Europeans are absolutely against GM foods, regardless of science," said TIME business editor William Saporito. And with the fast-food companies anticipating a similar wave of consumer concern in the U.S., they figure there's no point in trying to fight. "They're better off being on the side of the perceived 'good guys,'" Saporito said...
...feeling is that this is a matter of community concern to the Faculty--and of ritual importance," Eck said...
...President's prospects of negotiating a deal, GOP leaders are reaching for the mantle of President Reagan. They're out to persuade voters that they're the best guarantors of the "Star Wars" defense, while reprising the Gipper's hardball style in dealing with Moscow. But Russia's concern is that the U.S. wants to develop a system that could destabilize the nuclear parity that served as the basis of Cold War peace, and it's not surprising they're alarmed that the hypothetical threat posed by rogue states appears to have superseded the concerns of the world's other...