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...response, at least in part, to a problem with the more traditional model of general education that had already become clear a generation before. In particular, the traditional model, in its traditional form, is ill-suited to our modern age. That is because it takes for granted agreement about what constitutes the “good life,” and consequently about what a general education program should teach, when such agreement is precisely what contemporary society lacks. Writing in their book, “General Education in a Free Society,” the authors...
...campaign promises, the act looks to establish a means of allowing students to alert professors of poor TF performance. It passed with unanimous consent. Students will be able to contact the TF hotline by sending e-mails to tf@hcs.harvard.edu. Anonymity is guaranteed; a student board bound by a confidentiality agreement is charged with collecting input for presentation to the course professor. “[The TF hotline] is one of our central messages that resonated with students,” said Petersen after the meeting. “Every door we hit, we talked about this, and every time...
...institution itself needed to be transformed to serve new purposes because answers had been achieved to the old questions.” Though the institute had a library, a research center, and a 40-year-old fellowship program, Radcliffe alumnae were confused by the merger agreement that had made their alma mater into just another unit of Harvard. University Professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, who served on the committee that appointed the Radcliffe dean and is also a reknowned Americianist in the History Department, said that Faust “took something that had some respected but diverse pieces and created...
...face, the agreement signed in Mecca between Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of the Fatah party and Khaled Meshal of Hamas, falls far short of the principles of the international mediating group known as the Quartet, composed of the U.S., United Nations, European Union and Russia, that a unity government must recognize Israel, reject violence and commit itself to the peace process. The Mecca talks, convened by Saudi King Abdullah, resulted in a Hamas pledge to "respect" previous Palestinian agreements to engage in peace talks with Israel. But Hamas leaders pointedly did not embrace Quartet demands that they concede Israel...
...Nevertheless, Hill said he expected a draft agreement by tomorrow that would lay out the steps that needed to be taken and a time frame for all the choreography to occur (Hill hoped everything could be accomplished in "single-digit weeks.") For the moment, the atmospherics are good - a rare occasion. But don't be surprised as details once again get in the way of a deal. It's happened before...