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From the outset, the program in Gaza, begun in 2006, was the most ambitious--and the one with the most potential for impact. The unemployed in that war-battered wedge of Palestine is by some counts 70% of the adult population. Mohammad Naja, a management consultant who runs the foundation's program there, says university students "learn theory, not practical application." To address this gap, foundation students undergo a crash course in business English, then a mini-M.B.A. boot camp devised by the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business that places them in real-life...
More and more public and private schools have begun replacing their wheezy old buildings with energy-efficient new ones--or at least upgrading the structures they have. New Jersey is requiring all new school buildings to meet stricter environmental standards, and California and Massachusetts have made millions available to green their classrooms. It all comes at an opportune time: with baby-boomer-era buildings reaching the end of their life span, the U.S. must embark on a new wave of school construction anyway. "We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to do this right," says Ted Bardacke, a senior...
Harvard has reason to be proud of an organization such as the Coop, begun by students in 1882 that has remained specifically tailored to the Harvard and MIT communities. But if unreasonable policies and astronomical costs are the price we pay (pun unintended), the time has come for students to find a new and better option...
...Katrina-affected students, attending Harvard had the practical benefit of the school not having yet begun its term. “Other [Gulf Coast] students who didn’t go to Harvard complained how everything was at their disadvantage from the beginning,” explains Salahudeen, whose heavy pre-med course load, which included organic chemistry, made starting the semester on solid footing especially important...
...ball on the endline from sophomore Devon Sherman, took one touch, then dove out to beat the keeper to ball and put the Crimson ahead for good. In the face of this success, however, Wideroff remains humble and committed to the team, knowing that the work has only just begun for her class of 2011 and the team as a whole. “There are only so many of us,” Wideroff said, following Sunday’s victory against the Panthers. “But the whole team is 26.” Along with fellow...