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...program was seeking students from diverse backgrounds—and other universities. “News flash: this program was not designed for Harvard College,” she said, drawing laughter from the audience. Leopold said in an interview that the program was conceived as a way to attract students who might not otherwise think of business school as an option. Some of the benefits of 2+2—such as access to an HBS career coach—were meant to appeal to students whose colleges do not have high-caliber career services offices, she said...
Anne E. Austin ’10 is one of only two classics concentrators in the classical archaeology track, which is being replaced by the more general civilizations track. “I definitely think the changes will attract more people who don’t have experience with the languages,” she said. “I almost didn’t want to concentrate in classical archaeology because I didn’t want to take the general exams...
...there an opportunity now, with the economy changing so radically, to get the best and brightest to go into teaching? It's a historic opportunity. One of the only benefits of a horrendous economy is teaching becomes a much more attractive profession. Second, you have the President, the First Lady, the Vice President, the Vice President's wife - who still teaches today, which is amazing - talking about serving your country, [saying] here is what you need to do. The final thing is, over the next several years we could lose, due to retirement, as many as a million teachers...
Mickey Wants You. With all the layoffs at Disney World, the Orlando Convention & Visitors Bureau is eager to attract visitors with a new Deal of the Week every week through June 30. Right now, you can get four nights for the price of three at the Orlando World Center Marriott, plus a room upgrade to a pool view and free hot breakfast buffet daily. Book by April 17 with the promo code...
...facilities, the program,” Crocker says. In Harvard’s club, “there’s only one [player] that had any previous polo experience, which is a huge handicap against all the other teams we’re playing because they attract and recruit young players that come to play polo and have played before...