Word: processing
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...it.The Faculty of Arts and Sciences now publishes an official set of procedures for harassment complaints, and there are designated sexual harassment officers who can counsel victims and guide them through the formalities of addressing their grievances.“I do think it’s a good process,” said Director of the Harvard College Women’s Center Susan B. Marine, who is currently the designated officer for undergraduates. “I’ve seen it work before and I think it was manageable for the students involved...
...process of writing “Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mystery of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions” presented her with “the challenge of trying to use references people would recognize and appreciate,” Randall wrote in an e-mail,. “I certainly had a lot to learn about writing...
...nice experiment recently demonstrated the interaction between nature and nurture. A group of employers were asked to hire workers who had been ranked by their looks. If the employers saw only the resumes, beauty had no impact on hiring. Surprisingly, however, when telephone interviews were included in the process, beautiful people did better even though unseen by the employers. A lifetime of social reinforcement based on their genetic looks may have encoded into their voice patterns a tone of confidence that could be projected over the phone. Nature and nurture became thoroughly intertwined...
...future. In addition, having expanded dramatically over the last ten years, Harvard’s central administration—the very people that are deciding the school’s financial future—must be willing to make cuts to their own bureaucracy along with everything else. This process will not be enjoyable, and life at Harvard will be dramatically different, but our priorities of education and safety must be the guiding factors, no matter who is calling the shots...
It’s when the latter thought process becomes prominent that it becomes clear for its fallaciousness. Institutional failures certainly exist—my time in charge of the one you are reading helped me learn as much—but an experience made up of so many moving parts, diverse events, and disparate happenings is an institution that we, thankfully, have the most agency on making what we want...