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...that Professor Shleifer remained at Harvard.” Knowles elevated Shleifer to the Jones professorship in 2002.If Knowles recommends the retraction of Shleifer’s appointment, University rules dictate that he must go to the Corporation for implementation. The third statute of the University’s charter gives the Corporation the authority to remove professors only for “grave misconduct or neglect of duty.”The committee’s report is the product of a three-person investigating subcommittee, which is formed only when the CPC determines that a case...
...scrambling for a response. As evidence first became public two weeks ago that a North Korean test might be imminent, Tokyo had been among the first and loudest voices in an international chorus demanding that Pyongyang refrain from going ahead. Japan responded immediately by suspending the ferry transport and charter flights between the countries, and blocking North Korean officials from traveling to Japan. It also moved quickly to co-sponsor, with the U.S., a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding that North Korea immediately cease development, testing and deployment of ballistic missiles. The Council meets to discuss the matter...
...subject to a public referendum. But just the fact that Chen is facing impeachment?the first Taiwan President to be in such a fix?shows how far he has fallen. Even last week's news that Taipei and Beijing have agreed to increase the number of direct charter flights during holiday periods was not enough to give him a lift...
...Charter schools only arise where people are not satisfied with the school system—no one is calling for charter schools in Newton, Lexington, Belmont, or Brookline,” Nolan says, referring to some nearby, affluent towns with high-performing schools. “Charter schools give people who are not rich an alternative to their regular schools, and the threat of competition spurs the public schools to improve...
...Because charter schools are outside of the purview of the School Committee—charters are granted by the state—Nolan says that Cambridge should be taking other “bold steps” that have proven successful in addressing under-performance in cities across the country. Among them is increased tutoring for failing students, the hiring of more math and literacy coaches, and more teacher mentoring programs within the classroom...