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...plug the gap and 77 percent of medical schools have increased their class size in the past five years. But medical schools at Harvard and other Ivy League universities are keeping their class sizes steady, saying that any changes they make would be insufficient in addressing the problem. Harvard’s class size has not grown for over 25 years, according to former Harvard Medical School (HMS) Dean Joseph B. Martin’s 2005 Commencement address. Jules L. Dienstag, the dean for medical education at HMS, said that the school will keep its class size...
...federal government should pressure states to rectify these inequalities. Speaking in front of the House Judiciary Committee, Ogletree—who is an advisor to the lawyers of the six black students controversially indicted in Jena, La. earlier this year—said that the Jena case highlights larger problems in the American legal and education systems. “Jena’s most important role is in lending drama and immediacy to a long-standing, worsening problem,” he told the committee, alleging differences in the way students are treated in schoolrooms and courthouses according...
...said. On Thursday afternoon, the students heard presentations from executives at ConAgra Foods, a Fortune 500 company that sells packaged food brands such as Chef Boyardee and Slim Jim. R. Dean Hollis, who runs the Consumer Foods Division at ConAgra, spoke to the group about problem-solving. He presented a case study on how ConAgra, facing stagnant sales with its Hebrew National kosher beef hot dogs, began marketing the product to non-Jews by saying that they were healthier than regular hot dogs. Sales for Hebrew National went up 8 percent for fiscal year 2007.“The true...
...gain a 28-25 advantage, but the Quakers fought back to take a 29-28 lead.A final Harvard error handed the game to the visitors.“We had some key errors at key points,” Mahon said. “We did consistently have a problem with getting up and then letting them come right back in. We need to work on getting up and closing.”The Quakers dominated all aspects of the game, out-hitting (49-38), out-blocking (10.5-5.5), and out-digging (69-60) the Crimson.PRINCETON 3, HARVARD 0Playing against...
Months after capping off an extremely successful 2007 campaign with a victory at the esteemed Henley Regatta, the Harvard heavyweight crew must confront a problem common to perennial contenders: how to continue the momentum of a successful season last spring while also balancing the fact that this is a new year and a new boat...