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...stress on connecting “what students learn at Harvard to life beyond Harvard” and the nebulous concept of “global citizenship??�� blend together to create a set of meaninglessly broad curricular areas. Furthermore, in noting that few Harvard undergraduates intend to pursue academic careers, the report argues that the Core’s “emphasis on the disciplines may be misplaced.” But Harvard is, for better or for worse, a liberal arts college and not a technical or pre-professional school. The suggestion that we should avoid...
...several professors say the proposal’s thematic focus on “citizenship??��—a word used seven times in the report—is too narrow...
...venturing into the immigration debate, you should probably select your rhetorical weapons. Are we dealing with “undocumented immigrants” or “illegal aliens”? Does the McCain-Kennedy bill recently approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee allow for “earned citizenship??�� or “amnesty”? Is the issue one of “fairness” or one of “law and order?...
...like new energy technology or counter-terrorism, is one in which he has touched upon in his work at G.E.,” Allison said. From 1987 to 2003, when Heineman was G.E.’s senior vice president and general counsel, he espoused “corporate citizenship??��—the idea of high performance coupled with high integrity as a necessary element of 21st-century capitalism. Before his career at G.E., Heineman worked as a partner in two law firms, both in Washington, D.C., focusing on civil and constitutional litigation. He served as assistant...
...examining the ways in which undocumented immigrants are already living lives that have features we associate with citizenship??��involvement in civic activities, political participation through activism and (clearly) economic integration—Hernandez is showing how merely legal understandings of citizenship are out of step with people’s lived reality,” Christopher Sturr, a lecturer in social studies who advised Hernandez’s thesis, wrote in an e-mail...