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...Ying-jeou, the new President of Taiwan, has been handed a mandate to radically alter his country's relationship with China in a way that can potentially redraw the political map of east Asia...
...professors and teaching fellows would allow students and professors to effect changes in the way that a course is taught throughout the course of the term. For example, adjustments to course syllabi based on these evaluations could be made on a more frequent basis, and section leaders could alter the tone of discussion during meetings by simply reading anonymous reports from students. Much like the present Q system, students could submit their feedback online, and the Q Guide could even be expanded to show which professors respond well to student feedback. While we certainly understand the criticisms of those...
meanings change, alter...
...cause of unhappiness. It's not anxiety from the kids, for starters. Even among the childless, those in midlife reported lower life satisfaction than the young or old, says study co-author Andrew Oswald, an economics professor at the University of Warwick in Britain. Other things that didn't alter the happiness curve: income, marital status or education. "You can adjust for 100 things and it doesn't go away," Oswald says. He and co-author David Blanchflower, an economist at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, also adjusted their results for cohort effects: their data spanned more than 30 years...
...ends, however, is in itself a salutary practice and can be helpful as a starting point for further introspection. The involved faculty should be commended firstly for being interested in the mental health of its students, and even more so for following up on its discoveries and attempting to alter the trends they witnessed. Harvard can certainly be a pressured-filled climate, especially for freshmen not yet acclimated to it. The faculty’s recognition of this problem is important, and their offering of a time for students to mentally slow down will surely benefit those students who choose...