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There are other issues that need further consideration before changes are implemented. These concern the ways in which students might become involved in the disciplinary process and ways in which the roles and service of the resident deans might be strengthened...
...Harvard College—one fourth-generation and white, one first-generation and African American. We took different routes to Harvard, but each of us experienced class, race, and financial struggles. Now, as educators who devote our lives to reaching out to underprivileged communities, we share a common concern...
...Harvard gathers once again to solemnize the rites of Commencement for yet another graduating class, another such round of soul-searching does not seem out of place. While the percentage of our classmates destined for corporate cubicles certainly may have dwindled in these depressed economic times, the concern that Faust articulated last year retains its currency. In fact, without the plentiful powerful and high-paying positions Harvard students had begun to presume as their birthright awaiting them upon graduation, these once merely academic and existential concerns have assumed a new urgency...
...presidential turnover brings a host of fresh policies, but Obama’s were of special interest because of the high quality of governance promised by his administration. We supported most of his proposals, but noted the omission of several key reforms in higher education. We also expressed concern at the federal government’s inadequate response to the economic crisis’ effects on the Boston school system. Closer to campus, we lamented the continuing distortion of the SAT and its results and hoped that other universities would follow our lead and increase the percentage of their...
...students can stay and work in the United States after graduation. In today’s competitive global environment it would be a mistake for America to lose talented, enthusiastic workers to other countries because of xenophobic fears or excessive red tape. Furthermore, in a matter of more local concern, we hope that the federal government will assist the Boston public school system in its present hour of need. This year, the district will cut 900 positions, 403 of which are teaching jobs. As a result, class sizes will likely increase and students will get less attention. Federal assistance...