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IRBs are coming under increasing criticism inside the ivory tower, with professors blaming the groups for stifling academic freedom in order to follow overly rigid rules that claim to protect human research subjects. Medical School professor Edward Greg Koski ’71, former director of the federal office that oversees IRBs, said: “In the ‘cover your ass’ mentality that has developed over the last decade, we’re now in a situation where IRBs do really foolish, stupid things in the name of protecting human subjects but really to cover...
...seems more legally palatable than its competition. The National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, which has offered its curriculum since 1993, claims a bigger market (382 schools in 37 states) than the newcomer (85 school districts in 30 states). But its 1999 edition reportedly recommended materials from something called the Creation Evidence Museum; a "question for reflection" in the 2005 version suggested that the logistics of Noah's Ark would have been more manageable if some of the animals were babies or hibernating. In 2002 a Florida district court ruled unconstitutional a course that critics claim was loosely...
...BOTH. WHICH MAY SUGGEST THAT EACH is exaggerating its claim. Fundamentalist pastor John Hagee has complained that The Bible and Its Influence, a curriculum Kendrick uses in her class, could "greatly damage" youth too callow to "decipher" what he called its misrepresentations of Scripture. He cited its observation that contrary to Christianity, "other origin stories tell of ... gods who themselves are created." Hagee thundered that this could convince a student that polytheism is as valid as monotheism. But evangelical pundit Chuck Colson favors Bible-literacy courses. "Would I prefer a more explicitly biblical Christian teaching?" he asks. "Of course...
...most productive years in Harvard history,” Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, who worked with Bok last summer to bring Harvard’s early action program to an end, said. “Derek can certainly claim a major share of the credit.”Others say that Bok’s chief accomplishment has been helping Harvard heal while tying up the loose ends of initiatives begun under former President Lawrence H. Summers.“He brought the energy necessary to bring the faculty through...
...clearly meant it to be inspiring, but there is also something discomfiting about that statement. Even more discomfiting was Edwards' claim that by soldiering on while his wife has incurable cancer, he would be proving that he could deal with the pressures of being President. I wonder how voters will react to that sentiment...