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...delighted to have Jennifer Pline at Harvard Management Company. Her expertise and background will be positive for both Harvard and our trust and annuity donors,” Donella M. Rapier, Harvard’s vice president for alumni affairs and development, said in a statement...
...believe that Harvard admissions are based purely on academic merit, I would assign incredible naivety. The Harvard admissions process seeks to select a diverse group of interesting and talented people in a variety of areas: music, drama, public service, background, business, writing and, yes, sports. This broad emphasis is not at all a bad thing and it is a part of what makes Harvard the amazing place it is. Universities that accept students based on pure academic ability alone can never offer the environment that allows Harvard students to grow and develop the way they do outside of the classroom...
Contrast these departmental intro courses to Core courses (true, Ec 10 and A-12 are also Cores) and youll find more than one significant difference. For one, Cores are much more focused. They purport to teach modes of thought rather than provide a broad background in the topic itself. The aforementioned History 10a, a broad introduction to Western history, counts for the same Core credit as a class on the Cuban Revolution. Additionally, many of these Cores treat non-Western subject matters. These two differences seem to pose a bit of an internal contradiction. More likely than not, your department...
...that people sign a written agreement before living together. She checks local records to verify that housing seekers are truly evacuees. "We've had a few people who weren't victims. They were just looking for housing," she says. The FBI, through local police departments, is temporarily offering free background checks to people with children considering a post-hurricane share...
...problem of underage drinking and alcohol abuse can only be cured through honesty and realism. Travia’s background and perspective suggest he might very well be the right person to start this process, but he will only be able to do his job effectively if the College is willing to engage in an open dialogue about a reality it has previously seemed to deny exists...