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...book weaves extensive testimony from surveys of Harvard students (all anonymous) with overall statistical analysis. Light’s intention is to situate his policy suggestions within candid accounts of student experience. He explores three major themes: academic success, how extra-curricular involvement affects happiness and the often-confusing way diversity works in both academic and extra-curricular contexts. College is not paint-by-numbers, of course, and Light’s book doesn’t pretend to prescribe a singular path to success. It does, however, include enough specific examples from student interviews that I could cobble together...
...most vivid examples of extra-curricular success in the book is used to illustrate the suggestion that “advisors should encourage students from their very first days on campus to find a group to join.” Light tells the story of a student who felt overwhelmed by the adjustment to college. Her adviser told his young charge that even though she couldn’t play an instrument, she should try out for the Harvard Band. “Just tell them you want to hold the drum,” he said...
Later, when Schmitt himself tells me about his Pudding work, he credits Light. “It’s hard to say whether I would have gone through with it without Dr. Light’s advice about extra-curriculars, exposing yourself to opportunities outside the classroom...
...hundreds of hardworking families upside down, is validate the practices responsible for the jobless recovery we’ve seen nationwide. Even with the value of the endowment jumping 12.5 percent this year back to its pre-recession levels, the Corporation has continued to impose conditions that require extra cost-cutting—a budget crunch of its own making—starting with vulnerable employees and the valuable services they provide to the University community. Then, Harvard squeezed the rest out of its students, raising tuition 5 percent without a reasonable explanation...
...With the restrictions] it takes more initiative from the captains and the players, but the extra practice really paid off,” said senior Katie Hodel. “Our first game looked more like a midseason game. It’s a testament to the hard work everyone’s been doing in the offseason...