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...Cambridge branch of the NAACP, also stressed the need for the data report. “Without data, without knowing the real picture, we won’t know where we’re going to go,” she said. Though recognizing a need to address the achievement gap during his presentation, Fowler-Finn lauded the graduation rate data—which shows that African-American students for the first time graduated at a higher rate than white students—as evidence of progress in this area. Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons proposed a school committee meeting...
...reporters wanted to address important issues at Harvard and other college campuses that affect students, there are plenty of topics they could—and should—cover. For instance, I would recommend they write about the new financial aid policies, particularly for those students who want to go into public service-oriented careers but were previously financially constrained from doing so. They might report on how endowments are spent at different colleges. They might investigate the flawed arguments some politicians are leveling against rich colleges like Harvard for raising their tuition, when aid is so generous that most...
...through the questions as possible, to open up the terrain for discussion,” said Steven Biel, the executive director of the Humanities Center. Kronman reasserted the main themes of his book, arguing that the humanities’ initial and essential role in higher education should be to address the deeper questions of the meaning of life. However, because of the influence of what he calls the “modern research ideal,” Kronman said that the humanities have sacrificed this pursuit. “It seems to be an undeniable fact of the research that...
...pretty big state, but the two Democratic hopefuls are right on top of each other this week as they fight for the blue-collar vote in areas that are generally considered to be Clinton strongholds. On Tuesday they were both holding events in Wilkes-Barre, and Clinton will address the same AFL-CIO conference in Philadelphia that Obama will attend Wednesday...
...plotting his defense strategy when drunk students might send Molotov cocktails through his window on a Saturday night, Mayer has met with individual students, held a public forum, and, best of all, started a blog—harvarddining.blogspot.com—to explain menu changes and address students’ concerns on a daily basis...