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...mean to be a human being” requirement simply because it could contain both science and humanities courses.“This entire division between the categories, the critique that you can’t mix and match them...is everything that’s wrong with academia,” Murray said. Simmons said the task force will release its final recommendations in January.IN OTHER BUSINESSBefore discussing the Gen Ed report yesterday, the Faculty approved three measures by unanimous voice vote.After approving a nearly-80 page list of courses and instructors for Harvard Summer School, the Faculty voted...
...site for young entrepreneurs, to invite DeLuca to Harvard. Kushnell said she was concerned about a perceived lack of understanding on the part of students about their options in the business world both now and after college. “A good portion of what you learn in academia is theoretical,” Kushnell said. “What young people are craving are real-world examples.... Events like this bring the outside world to school.” “I actually started my business before I entered college,” DeLuca told The Crimson after...
...Ignatieff have much in common in addition to their comparable intellectual abilities. Rae's father was also an eminent diplomat who had postings in Washington, Geneva, New York and the Hague. Rae, 58, and Ignatieff were roommates at the University of Toronto, but while Ignatieff went on to academia and writing, Rae dove into politics. As an NDP MP in Ottawa, he was instrumental in the defeat of Conservative prime minister Joe Clark's government in 1979. Rae then switched to provincial politics to lead the Ontario NDP and went on to become premier in 1990 with a surprise snap...
...Required to become TFs, they usually do so in preparation for a career in academia, said Adam G. Beaver ’00, a TF in the history department since...
...Australia. Casual conversations amongst students, pointed remarks by professors in lecture, university publications—all suggest a climate of America-loathing among some groups that is quite distasteful. If such anti-Americanism is professed here, just imagine what might be taught in France or Germany, let alone Iran.While academia is not the only medium by which anti-Americanism is propagated, it is without a doubt the most pernicious. A teacher’s viewpoint can all too easily be construed as fact by a maturing student. And for those that disagree, the fear of receiving a poor grade...