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...particular field. In effect, one program advocate told The New York Times, “If you’re majoring in chemistry, here is what I expect you to learn in terms of laboratory skills, theoretical knowledge, applications, the intersection of chemistry with other sciences, and broader questions of environment and forensics.” The goal, it appears, is to give students, universities, and employers a greater degree of comparability and quality assurance across institutions that current, less consistent degree standards cannot provide...
...Although the squad has the advantage of familiarity with its opponent, the Crimson will focus on the broader goal of team improvement rather than results...
...China has faced health care problems for years, but the economic crisis has increased the need for reforms. The lack of an adequate safety net forces Chinese to bank huge sums to cover treatment costs. By building a sounder health care system - with more hospitals and clinics and broader medical coverage - Beijing hopes it can convince consumers to spend more of their savings and boost economic growth...
...locales become hot spots-and stay that way: "We believe there is a reinforcing, recursive mechanism that makes particular places the center of social activity, which may be linked to the broader notion of "place in product," whereby particular goods wish to be linked with particular places in order to attain greater value or buzz...
...President Bok rejected the proposal, claiming that it limited, rather than broadened, the university’s religious functions. He also changed “Preacher to the University” to “Minister in Memorial Church” to better contextualize the Protestant chaplaincy within the broader Harvard community...