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...sends a broader message about the company,” says Wright. “Companies often say, ‘I want my LGBT events to be publicized campus wide,’ not just because they want more gay students to attend but because it sends a message that if they are gay friendly, they are probably other kinds of friendly...
...light of the dramatic declines in the stock market and the broader economic recession, Harvard’s commitment to affordability has never been more critical for attracting students from working and middle class backgrounds. As Sally C. Donahue, the College’s director of financial aid, said, the new program “came at just the right time for families who were feeling the pinch...
...unqualified or inadequate to teach; rather, it is one’s commitment and perseverance once in the classroom that matters. It is part of TFA’s core mission to create a generation of teachers from all backgrounds that can “ultimately exert broader societal influence in our nation.” Not everyone in TFA is going to or is expected to find a career in education, but their exposure to the public education system should stick with them in whatever field they pursue—bringing education and the problems of social inequality...
...some ways, Helmand province - which I visited with the German general Egon Ramms, commander of NATO's Allied Joint Force Command - is a perfect metaphor for the broader war. The soldiers from NATO's International Security Assistance Force are doing what they can against difficult odds. The language and tactics of counter-insurgency warfare are universal here: secure the population, help them build their communities. There are occasional victories: the Taliban leader of Musa Qala, in northern Helmand, switched sides and has become an effective local governor. But the incremental successes are reversible - schools are burned by the Taliban, police...
Anarchist groups have always had a stronger presence in Greece, even as the government struggles to pursue its First World ambitions while battling the ghosts of a military dictatorship that ruled from 1967 to 1974. But the current clashes are also linked to a broader movement across the West that came to the fore during a week of demonstrations and violence at the World Trade Organization summit nearly a decade ago. Utilizing both peaceful and violent tactics, the "Seattle Movement," as it came to be known, was a grass-roots effort to fight the ill effects of capital-driven globalization...