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...support of testing: first, that the results will assist consumers in gauging the value of education from particular institutions, and second, that something should be done about the substantial portion of students who are leaving college without even a basic set of skills, such as the ability to read complex texts or draw inferences. On neither account is standardized testing the right answer. The value of the college experience, by its very nature, cannot be easily categorized or quantified. Ranging from heavily science-oriented schools like the California Institute of Technology to exclusively arts-based institutions like the Rhode Island...
...years—are dominated by autobody repair shops, industrial railyards, and fast-food franchises. Businesses like Pepsi, Kmart, and WGBH, which previously occupied the land, are vacating the premises as Harvard prepares to break ground on its first building—a 500,000 square foot science complex that will house the Stem Cell Institute. The Institute will be located across from Charlesview on Western Ave.But as Harvard and Boston officials relentlessly promote the economic benefits the University will bring to the area—1,000 new jobs at the science center alone—it is easy...
...says successful recruiting is “a complex mix of reassurance, flattery, seduction and general friendship...
...Georgia bill was considered so draconian, in fact, that it quickly sparked a diplomatic war of words. On Tuesday, Mexico's President Vincente Fox declared that Georgia's law included "acts of discrimination" and "half measures insufficient to resolve the complex phenomenon of immigration between Mexico and the United States." The reaction in Georgia to Fox's comments was typical of the heightened rhetoric that has fueled the Act since it was introduced at the beginning of the year. "I would suggest the government of Mexico stop concerning themselves with what we do in Georgia and instead worry about their...
...1970s. But a college degree is meaningless unless it signifies that graduates are properly prepared to enter economic, social, and civic life. After a 2006 study by the American Institutes for Research found that more than 50 percent of students at four-year colleges lacked the skills to perform complex “literacy” tasks like analyzing news articles or calculating a tip at a restaurant, the Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education (COFHE) actually recommended mandatory standardized testing for college students to ensure they were graduating with the appropriate skills...