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...Tenure also implies that professors are given much more professional freedom, because they can only be fired in extreme circumstances. “There’s always a concern that tenure in some cases shields faculty from performance accountability, and in the worst case enables faculty to perform at unacceptable levels with little or no consequences,” says Chait, noting that one can think of any number of cases where tenured professors have said controversial things they might not have otherwise...
...College. That figure included 351 students whose families made more than $160,000. In all, 3,357 College students received non-loan aid last year, out of a total of about 6,600 undergraduates. The rise in aid for what the College calls middle-income families reflects a concern that Harvard is doing better at attracting students from the extremes of the financial spectrum than it is at attracting those in between. Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said in an interview yesterday that promising middle-income students are increasingly foregoing applications to the Ivy League...
...project, Harvard’s Allston Development Group successfully sought a waiver to divorce the Science Complex from that grouping and file a unique ENF. This move was not without its controversy; during the public comment period, many Allston residents wrote letters to MEPA Secretary Ian. A Bowles expressing concern that piecewise approval of individual Allston projects would prevent a comprehensive understanding of the long-term environmental impact of Harvard’s Allston expansion. While their concern is understandable, it would be unrealistic to ask Harvard to plan all 20 years of construction in exacting detail before moving...
...Rizvi and several other HIS members made the 25-minute subway trip to the event on the 16th day of the holy month of Ramadan. The opening of the ISB Cultural Center, which includes a mosque, library, and school, had been opposed by several activist groups who expressed concern over alleged ISB ties to terrorists and anti-Semitic groups, and the purchase of the site raised some legal objections. The mosque is now the largest on the East Coast, according to Hossam AlJabri, president of Muslim American Society (MAS). Organized by MAS, Friday’s event featured recitations from...
...book prices. Beasley and Amadi P. Anene ’08—co-founders of the Course-Cost Assistance Program, which provides textbook stipends to low-income Harvard students—encouraged their fellow undergraduates to attend tomorrow’s hearing. “My main concern is to organize the event so that the bill passes,” Anene said. “We’re going to have college students come out in their college gear,” Beasley added. “We’d like to fill up a room...