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...Experience,” the chunk of post-break January in which Harvard students are encouraged to do something productive rather than take an extended vacation. While the administration has been quick to provide ideas about how to spend the extra three weeks—study abroad, short internships, research, or intensive academic courses have all been presented as viable options—it has not promised the guidance necessary to bring these suggestions to life. In addition, January housing will now be limited to students with a demonstrated need to remain on campus. We worry that those attempting...
This month, high-school seniors across the country are deciding where to spend their next four years, and anyone who fought through the droves of tour groups crowding the yard last Friday knows they’re doing their research. Every college, after all, is different—in fact, too much so, according to educators in some states...
...qualities that are perhaps the most practicable of gauges: the real-world competence of graduates. That said, the onus should be on employers to understand what each candidate will bring to a position based on their degree and school and, where they are unfamiliar with these, to do their research. While more degree standardization may make hiring a bit easier, its implications for education as a whole outweigh whatever convenience it may provide...
...plow land, raised for milk and manure or harnessed to pull carts to move goods and people. The Ministry of Agriculture estimates that livestock contribute 5.3% to total GDP, up from 4.8% during 1980-81. But, says K.K. Singhal, head of dairy cattle nutrition at the National Dairy Research Institute in Karnal in northern India, "while livestock plays a crucial role in the economy, global warming is becoming a huge worry. We're trying to find indigenous solutions, because our realities are very different from the West." (See 10 things you should know about the world's cheapest car, India...
Several other institutions, like the National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (NIANP) in Bangalore, are also researching herbs. "We're studying the effect of tannin compounds from various easily-available sources like tea leaves. We're also studying prebiotic and probiotic feed supplements," says K.T. Sampath, director of NIANP. Other institutes, like the New Delhi-based Energy Research Institute (TERI), are working on methane-capture strategies. One long-running project has been biogas production - cow dung utilized to make biogas for use in kitchens, and even compressed biogas for use in vehicles. "Biogas plants have been very successful," says...