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...Iraq, climate-change crisis, and failing public schools, the next president will face challenges on all fronts. It is a crucial part of the executive’s charge to be able to multitask—or, if need be, delegate to those with the expertise to address the problems at hand. As Senator Barack Obama has constantly reminded the world, McCain has said that economics “is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.” Senator Chris Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank ’62 are the chairs...
...whether this is a formula for generating long-term happiness is questionable. As President Drew G. Faust warned a class of graduating seniors in last year’s Baccalaureate Address, “if you don’t pursue what you think will be most meaningful, you will regret...
...used as a measure of our national belief in equality, our belief that educators should aim to teach all children, no matter their socioeconomic station in life. Although it is clear that the crux of Wagner’s book is about this new achievement gap, his failure to address the structural barriers to education for low-income and minority students makes one wonder if he is committed—or if he thinks it’s possible—to close that first, nagging gap. At one point during the book, Wagner reduces the complexity of the achievement...
...formal launch of SEAS last year, both Charles Vest, former president of MIT, and Subra Suresh, dean of the School of Engineering at MIT, addressed the attendees. In fact, Vest delivered the keynote address...
...amid several days of Democratic pressure on the White House to do or say something that would force enough Republican House members to support the unpopular Bush bailout plan proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson over the weekend - pressure that led to President Bush's 15-min. prime-time address last night. Democrats have been unwilling to whip members of their own caucus to support the plan without a full White House push of GOP members. Bush, therefore, turned up the heat. "Our country could experience a long and painful recession," he warned. "Fellow citizens, we must not let this...