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This policy makes sense. Anyone who thinks that workers deserve decent wages today should be just as committed to providing at least the same level of decency tomorrow. Since the importance of justice does not erode with inflation, neither should the minimum value of workers’ wages...
Lest you misinterpret my words as undue skepticism, I truly esteem my profession. However, no one should enter an academic career without intensive inquiry and self-reflection. Before you serve 5 to 10 years in a minimum-security graduate school, decide whether you actually love reading exhaustively in one area and writing academic monographs for an audience of 27, or whether your real love is sharing your excitement about ideas, or whether you simply love the experience of being a student. If you’re in category two, consider the very worthy profession of high school teaching. If you?...
...patient protection in part because the University of Colorado was severely sanctioned by OHRP in 1999, thinks a voluntary system would, paradoxically, protect patients better. "The whole point of accreditation," says DeGette, "is to encourage research institutions to reach for a higher bar, to go above and beyond the minimum requirements...
Critics of the current system have all sorts of ideas about how hospitals and research labs could go beyond the minimum. One is the notion of subject advocates--independent consultants whose sole function would be to look out for the best interests of the subjects, not the scientists. Argues George Annas: "You cannot rely on the conscience of the individual investigator, because he has an inherent conflict of interest. He has to enroll subjects in his study...
...freshman righthander faced just four batters above the minimum through six innings. Hendricks—who, at .325, is Harvard’s leading active hitter—had the Crimson’s only two hits during that span...