Word: academia
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...whole point of Broad is to enable collaboration amongst faculty, particularly on those large collaborative projects that are difficult to do in traditional labs,” Lander said. “Academia has lots of very talented people who think big and dream big, but it’s not always possible to do all that within your...
...think that your down-to-earth, everyday-man perspective is something missing in this ivory-tower world of academia...
...musician means you have to be bright. You can’t be a dummy,” says Yannatos. Many of his students could have chosen to go to conservatories such as Juilliard, but instead they chose to supplement their music training with a strong focus in academia. Serving as an advisor to the admissions committee, Yannatos is able to preview the music of prospective students giving him a role not unlike that of an athletic coach in the selection of admitted students. Yannatos also spends an inordinate amount of time at the beginning of each year to select...
...denounce these figures as evidence that Massachusetts public colleges are over-emphasizing their more profitable graduate programs, the real explanation is economic. Business journals and newspapers across the country have been reporting rises in graduate school enrollment since the start of the economic downturn. A sour job market makes academia seem sweeter. And state funding cuts, which have caused some Massachusetts public colleges to reduce enrollment, are doubtless to blame for the reduction in undergraduate diplomas awarded...
Harvard science professors said that, aside from the ample talent throughout academia, they would not expect the two universities to interfere with each other...