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While the Cold War is often associated with a nuclear arms race or space race, Harvard in the postwar years found itself in the midst of another critical contest. Fifty years ago, Harvard and other American universities competed against schools in other countries to reach a perpetually rising bar in the battle for superior education...
...Cold War climate facilitated academic competition among countries, due to the USSR’s Oct. 1957 release of the first man-made satellite, Sputnik, into space. But changes in the landscape of higher education suggested more than just a race against Russia, and the 1957-1958 academic year saw discussion of a range of reforms that reflected shifting ideas about what education should look like and what its role should...
...Although Zimmerman and others said they were excited about the significance of reaching into the final frontier, the event also spurred anxieties about the United States falling behind in the space race. This fear prompted the federal government to send an influx of funding to astronomical researchers throughout the country, making Cambridge the nation’s astronomical Mecca as students kept their eyes cast upward to the skies...
FUNDING THE SPACE RACE...
Founded last summer by Roger R. Lee '08 and Tyler W. Bosmeny '09, PaperG allows companies to advertise for as little as $10 per week on their 'Flyerboard,' versus the upwards of $1,000 charged for banner-ad space currently available on many web sites, Bosmeny said...