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Preregistration is not only dead but damned. And rightly so. So, after Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby decided last month to abandon his controversial proposal to ditch shopping period—or refashion it until it became unrecognizable—many people now think the appropriate way forward for undergraduate education reform is through piecemeal tinkering rather than sweeping alterations. In that vein, Monday’s announcement by Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Peter T. Ellison that the majority of each class’ teaching fellows (TFs) must be hired a semester...
...better in the art of propaganda, judging by the thousands of flyers they handed out in Basra. These flyers depict two cartoon characters—one British and the other Iraqi—shaking hands vigorously. The text reads, “This time we won’t abandon you. Be patient, together we will win.” Again, a sincere message ruined by a simplistic and patronizing presentation...
Some colleges and universities, in anticipation of one of these negative scenarios, have already jumped the gun by revisiting or dismantling their race-conscious admissions and financial aid programs. Virginia Tech, for instance, has waffled, abandoning its race-conscious admissions policy a few weeks ago, only to reinstate it recently after more careful consideration. Prodded on by anti-affirmative action groups, schools such as MIT and Princeton have decided to abandon or revise their minority-targeted scholarship and pre-college preparation programs, even though the burdens on non-minority students in these programs are minimal compared to a denial...
...first obligation is to our supernatural family of the Work,” Moschella says. “But you never abandon your obligation to love your [immediate] family and support them...
...engagement prevent allied soldiers from shooting first at anyone who appears unarmed, which gives Fedayeen in street clothes a better opportunity to hit and run. The result is greater jeopardy for allied soldiers. But Washington knows it would pay a significant political price if it ordered its forces to abandon those restraints...