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...institutions of higher education like Harvard, the suggestion that "customer knows best" might bring blank stares, if not sarcastic chuckles from top administrators. Indeed, this mentality that has won so much praise (and new business) for firms like Nordstrom's or Southwest goes against everything that the world of academia stands...
...institutions of higher education like Harvard, the suggestion that "customer knows best" might bring blank stares, if not sarcastic chuckles from top administrators. Indeed, this mentality that has won so much praise (and new business) for firms like Nordstrom's or Southwest goes against everything that the world of academia stands...
...because everyone knows the job market for Ph.D.s, especially humanities Ph.D.s, is pretty bad right now," said Lynn Y. Lee '99, one of the winners and a former Crimson executive. "I think the Mellon is just a great way of encouraging people to do graduate study and go into academia in the humanities...
Think of this distinction in terms of the dividing line between academia and much of the the media. Top academics can labor for years to produce narrow, precise insights into literature, science or the human soul, while many in the media eagerly seek to identify supposed trends as quickly as possible. When the number of racial minorities admitted to the class of 2003 dipped only slightly, the Crimson was quick to proclaim "declining diversity." When a smattering of anti-sweatshop rallies took place on a few campuses this spring, the New York Times was eager to herald a vast revival...
Clinton also spoke about the need for a healthy relationship between government, academia and the private sector and reported the recommendations of a National Science and Technology Council inquiry into how best to promote such a relationship...