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This difference of opinions is mirrored throughout the academy, dividing professors and administrators alike. On one side are those who think public intellectuals should be scholars—both inside and outside the academy??€”who speak to the public solely about issues that fall under their particular field of study. On the other side are those who believe that they have a wider responsibility to address all of the pressing social issues of our time. And even within both of those camps, there are differences of opinion over the amount of time and energy the public intellectual should...
...weeks ago, Boston University’s administration demanded that Dr. James Tracy, headmaster at Boston University Academy??€”a Boston University-funded prep school—abolish its two-year old Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA). The students of the Academy and Boston University alike have decried the elimination of the GSA as another example of Boston University’s conservative—and often controversial—ideas on education...
...poorest-performing communities. During this stewardship, Chelsea High School nearly doubled the number of pupils taking the SAT, while increasing their average scores by over 200 points. Although Boston University has been in the forefront for many positive changes in education policy, its dismantling of the Academy??€™s Gay-Straight Alliance...
...Academy??€™s 72 newly elected members, Harvard and the University of California system had the most honorees, with eight a piece. According to Academy records, 154 of the organization’s 1,907 active members are affiliated with Harvard...
Whatever the general population may think of the Academy??€™s taste or politics, an Oscar means a whole lot to those graced with that little golden man. Some of the best acting all year comes with the expressions of feigned joy worn by the losers when the real winners are announced. That’s not because the losers won’t be able to find work without that shiny statuette on their resume. Even the biggest stars still care because there’s an element of prestige in the title “Oscar-winning...