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...submissions for each issue, allowing editors to cull pieces of the highest quality. “We’re not running around desperate for content. We can be selective and get things that are really good and really new,” says design board member Joseph B. Morcos ’12, contrasting the Advocate with younger and less prominent publications on campus. “Our history actually contributes to the magazine’s ability to find ahead-of-the-curve things.” The history of the Advocate is also a source of certain...
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Programs Georgene B. Herschbach told The Crimson last year that the College was postponing the search for a permanent Writing Program director until after the selection of a permanent dean of the College...
...Maybe we should reverse the direction of the question,” Jensen said. “Maybe we should redirect it towards ourselves.” Despite the small attendance, those who did participate said that they found it enlightening and enjoyable. Susan B. Marine, director of the Harvard College Women’s Center, said that she especially appreciated the contributions of the audience members. “I was really impressed with the level of honesty, and that people were willing to share,” said Marine. “This is a complex subject...
...proposal now would upset the already balanced budget. “I am extraordinarily disappointed that this is before us,” she said. “I cannot say that more emphatically. It has a budget impact that will not bode well.” Claire B. Spinner, chief financial officer for Cambridge Public Schools, said that there would be no way to increase the budget’s bottom line to accommodate expenses that had not already been accounted for. “In order for them to return the funding to those two community partners...
...according to the random sampling done every few years by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test, a mere 18% of the state's fourth-graders were proficient, making them the worst in the nation. Even in Lake Wobegon that doesn't happen. Only in America. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, led by reformer Chester Finn Jr., has been analyzing state standards for more than a decade and concludes, "Two-thirds of U.S. children attend schools in states with mediocre standards or worse...