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...Many of these same conditions exist today in the climate change debate. It’s not that people haven’t been talking before this, it’s that now, people seem ready to listen and to try to understand. It’s a crowded field and cutting through the din and disinformation will take considerable effort to make climate change a ballot issue in every local, state, and federal race...
...seniors graduate this week and reflect upon their academic life at Harvard, they may ask themselves the question: How well has Harvard taught me to understand others in my world?Those in math, engineering, and the sciences have learned a common language with which to communicate with fellow practitioners across the globe. Those in the social sciences cannot boast such concrete understanding, but Harvard’s Social Studies program has gone a long way toward promoting international concerns. Those in the humanities, however, may despair—although they may know everything there is to know about postwar Georgia...
...Such governmental efforts have met with resistance from University officials who question whether policymakers fully understand the complexities of managing a large endowment...
...article’s description of Iraq as a place where logic does not apply is dangerous, because it suggests that no attempt to understand the situation is possible. As well as damaging the image of Iraq, it hinders America’s ability to make policy...
...percent. To help this demographic, schools have begun to recruit teachers from Puerto Rico. Although these teachers will not be teaching in Spanish, they will have the language skills necessary to help students whose first language is Spanish grapple with concepts that are too complicated for them to understand in English. While this movement should be supported, however, it is not a cure for the problem of minority students falling behind in public schools. A more concerted effort should be made to channel the best native bilingual college students into the teaching profession, in order to serve as role models...