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...advantage. It’s like wearing a particularly sweet belt: not necessary for the survival of an outfit, but an interesting and notable addition. Harvard women are not, in general, daylight exhibitionists, so I doubt that fashion’s current tendency to downplay boobage will affect their classroom wardrobe all that much. Harvard women are more likely to sport low-cut shirts during the nighttime hours. Unfortunately, those revealing spandex tank tops, which many Harvard ladies like to wear to parties, oftentimes without a bra, are not in style anymore. “You are mysterious now; break...
...according to the admissions office, the vast majority of applicants could be successful at Harvard. The limited number of places available demands some kind of secondary screening process beyond academic ability, and rightly so: All students are more than just numbers and contribute both inside and outside the classroom. That said, the rosy vision of the admissions process as choosing a diverse set of the best of the best is not the whole story...
...students when he gives them rides home on his motorcycle. The kids are entirely unshocked by this behavior. As far as they're concerned its just part of Hector's wayward charm. Not so the headmaster, when the teacher is caught out. He's never much liked Hector's classroom style and the question of whether the teacher will go or stay is what the film has for dramatic tension...
Colleges, then, are right to forgive some students’ lower scores. Leadership qualities, extracurricular involvement, achievement outside of the classroom, and raw demographics are factors that are key in evaluating every applicant. When the numbers are tabulated, a few snapshots of the data will look extreme, but this is no reason to flee from a worthy process...
...ability is considered as part of the tenure decisions for Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) professors. Former University President Lawrence H. Summers expanded the importance of teaching experience and evaluations in tenure decisions; the next president must continue this endeavor. And a system which considers both scholarship and classroom wizardry is tenable at a research university; Harvard Business School, for example, already takes both factors into account in its hires...