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...secondary schools they have built in South Africa and Malawi respectively; grassroots activists assert that, in building such western-style schools, both women fall short of maximizing their potential for change. Unsurprisingly, celebrities and corporations capable of undertaking large-scale projects such as these “leadership academies?? turn up their noses at the more localized efforts of these same grass-roots critics. Such antagonism is at once unnecessary and counter-productive. Each type of school affects a very different, though equally necessary, kind of change...
...Harvard students, Veterans Day meant an extra day to catch up on sleep and work. But this year, several Harvard administrators, students, and graduates marked the occasion with a special ceremony in Memorial Church, recognizing the 16 Harvard alumni—the most of any university besides the service academies??who have received the Medal of Honor...
Although an organization largely dedicated to recognizing research, the IOM is also viewed as one of the most important branches of the National Academies??an influential advisory group on science, engineering, and medicine...
...civilian counterpart to our military academies. But, instead of military officers, the academy will admit America’s best and brightest students and eventually produce an entire generation of effective and efficient leaders in local, state, and national government. Via a competitive admissions process akin to the military academies??where admissions rates can be lower than Harvard’s—students would earn a four-year scholarship to study liberal arts as well as a specific public service field. At its full capacity, the academy would serve approximately 5000 students a year; upon graduation, these...
Last summer, Stoeckel devoted himself full-time to baseball, swinging a wood bat at the IMG Academies?? Florida Collegiate Instructional League. He will have to hold his own at the plate, Stoeckel knows, to hold down the job at short...