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...Quayefio Accra Much of what has gone wrong in Africa since independence owes to an institutional approach to government. When the British were decolonizing in the late 1950s, they set up representative institutions broadly modeled on those at Westminster. The assumption was that democratic institutions that worked in one context would automatically work in another. The result has been a failure. Africa has taken a number of detours from the intended democracy, most frequently into dictatorship and kleptocracy. In order to practice democracy successfully, a critical mass of free men and women need to truly grasp its implications and make...
...Snyder also said HUDS was concerned to see lower scores in the categories of staff friendliness and appearance. “It was surprising to see that go down,” she said. “But it’s important to keep that in context. It’s still close to perfect.” Scores in those areas averaged between 4.2 and 5.Snyder said students articulated cravings for specific foods, rather than offering general suggestions.“The open comments tend to come back more related to products than overall dining...
...purpose of a section varies across disciplines. But in many courses in the humanities and social sciences, it should not be for the TF to summarize readings and provide context. Sections should be sites in which students learn to argue cogently about the arguments and perspectives of the readings. If they do not learn such skills here, where will they learn them? A good section is one in which students are listening to and arguing with each other. Such interchange is not as useless as O’Brien implies. To achieve it requires a good TF and students willing...
...section with a better understanding of readings and lectures. Rather than hear their fellow students make things up and regurgitate theory from Social Studies 10, students should enjoy sections in which their peers ask questions and offer new insight, while the TF’s supply answers and context...
...sections must be made by both TF’s and students. Better TF’s will only come about with adequate and uniform training. In the humanities, we should encourage TF’s to clarify the points of lecture, summarize readings, and offer relevant theories and context for the week’s discussion. There is a great disparity in familiarity with theory, and even a bullet-point summary of the tenets of a complicated theoretical argument would help students discuss the material in a meaningful...