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...past, law enforcement often relied on officers who were close to retirement or on "desk status" to serve as crime scene investigators, but there's now recognition that criminologists need a solid science background. "There has been a change in mentality," Byrd says. "CSI has glamorized the work and that has caused a lot of attention and with publicity there often comes funding...
...Bloxham, a geophysicist, was considered by several administrators to be an appealing candidate because of his background in the sciences and his experience as one of four FAS divisional deans. As dean of the physical sciences, Bloxham oversees finances, helps with academic planning, and advises the FAS dean on faculty appointments in the physical sciences...
...problem with Harvard culture is that it is a culture of appearances. Despite the fact that a central tenet of those who are supposedly stamping out racism is that we should be judged by words and ideas, not by race or cultural background, they themselves are the worst perpetuators of that culture. Since I’m the upper middle class white daughter of Harvard graduates who has endured relatively little hardship, my viewpoint is moot on many topics. If someone of my background questions an assertion that something is racist, she is deemed racist herself. We must strive...
...While that won't leave Kouchner without anything to do, it does mean the nature of his role will differ from previous foreign ministers, likely becoming a more specialized function that will utilize Kouchner's humanitarian background. "The Foreign Minister is now partly a protocol position, partly a humanitarian aid and development role," says Jean-Christophe Rufin, an award-winning author, former diplomat and one-time vice president of the M?decins Sans Fronti?res. "You're not going to see Kouchner riding herd on Franco-German relations, but that's not what he's interested in anyway...
...widely considered to be the seminal study of college sports, former Princeton University president William G. Bowen and James L. Shulman observe an interesting dynamic. While minorities in the general Ivy admissions pool benefit from a so-called “mosaic” approach that values racial background, without any regulations on scores required—in so many words, affirmative action—the formulaic principles of athletics recruiting do not have the same degree of consideration...