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During the “State of the Nine”—the part of the proceedings when delegates take the podium to address their graduate communities?? successes, challenges, and initiatives—the issues of inadequate graduate housing, student advocacy, and mentorship consistently arose...
Director of India’s Deendayal Research Institute Nandita Pathak told a crowd in Lowell Library yesterday that integral humanism—which emphasizes the holistic development of communities??was integral to the development of Indian villages. According to Pathak, the problems of development stem from plans that lack great involvement from the people they are designed to help. Pathak said that development should instead flow from the bottom up. This type of grass-roots development can be achieved with integral humanism, she added. To stress the importance of the project to India’s well...
...Grossman said. “Having been a CEO in both the nonprofit and the for-profit world, I think that it is harder to construct good nonprofit organizations than for-profit organizations.”Rangan described two major changes—globalization and a new focus on communities??that were helping make social enterprise more popular.“Business leaders have come to realize the potential of this new, interconnected world,” Rangan said. “Developing countries provide opportunities for either markets or supply chains, and unless you work with these...
...four years is a matter of pride for Harvard. But if Harvard is going to devote its resources to the cultivation of House life, it must uphold its end of the bargain and make houses a place of comfort and trust. Today, upperclassmen welcome freshmen into their House communities??communities that should be built on mutual respect between the College, House administrators, and students. By encouraging student input in residential decision-making and respecting unofficial promises made to undergrads, the College will foster healthier residential life—which might just make up for the bunk beds...
...concerns of the represented communities at hand, thus providing a forum for group pride and preservation.The origins and execution of Asian American Studies movements have been the target of much criticism. It has been argued that the basis of Asian American studies—that of practical relevance to communities??is problematic as a guiding principle because it arises from a form of cultural nationalism . Thus, the valiant efforts of Asian American Studies to provide a counter-discourse against dominant Eurocentric interpretations of American history are ultimately inconsistent with its intentions—by prioritizing a particular group?...