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Many faculty members agree. John Womack Jr., Bliss professor of Latin American history and economics, said he was concerned about the influence the Patriot Act could have on his own research, which sometimes brings him into contact with materials that could conceivably be traceable to Latin American terrorist organizations...
...possible and to devote their time to research and publishing. As for the oversight of TFs, more sections should be taped, and professors should be expected to review those tapes, meet with TFs and provide written evaluations of their TFs that other professors would have access to. Increased contact with professors would improve TF performance not only by providing additional motivation to teach effectively, but also by providing feedback from those who know the course material best. With the hands-off approach that many professors currently take towards their TFs, one has more reason to be surprised...
...report’s recommendation to increase faculty-student contact is laudable. The report advocates major changes in the way faculty approach advising, calling on them to think of advising as something on par with “a major committee assignment.” Indeed, the culture of advising must change. Harvard purports to offer a world-class education to its students; world-class advising should be part of the package. Individual concentration advisers and student-faculty dinners, two of the report’s proposals, are both steps in the right direction, serving to personalize what...
...Black and White maintained contact with Princeton the entire race, and finished in 6:17.10, exactly one second behind the Tigers. Yale crossed the line in 6:19.57, and Brown...
Still, Margus sounds distinctly sad. Sure, he has raised a lot of money and even made a savvy career switch that puts him in regular contact with executives from five of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies. Yet, in his mind, "so far we haven't done squat." His kids, now 13 and 15, are deteriorating daily. This summer he hopes to move his family from Florida to California, where he spends most of his time, but first he will need to retrofit a house "for two teenagers in power wheelchairs who can't control their motor skills very well...