Word: core
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...supporting denomination-based political parties even if they are not particularly pious and would much prefer not to. Something similar happened in the former Yugoslavia when its government collapsed with the fall of communism and nothing replaced it. Ethnic activists--call them identity entrepreneurs--will always form the core of the new militia. These radicals will emphasize symbols, like al-Askari mosque that was blown up last week in Iraq, and hope that followers will react by strengthening their commitments to the group itself...
...University as possible, rather than tend to the deficiencies in Harvard’s classrooms. Summers, in contrast, was an “ideas” president, who took Harvard’s mission as a place of discovery and teaching seriously: he sought bold changes to the core (literally) of the Harvard education and he refused to mouth the fashionable nostrums that Harvard’s lazier minds insist on. Yes, he said, the University has an obligation to serve and love the country. Yes, science may lead us to discoveries that, at least in some areas, complicate...
...formal sense, he participated in the curriculum, teaching a freshman seminar and co-teaching a large lecture course. But this teaching role just begins to touch the core reasons that students supported Summers: he was passionately interested in their ideas and their experiences. He didn’t listen politely and then move on to the next student in line. Instead, he argued with students about every conceivable topic, from curricular reform to the ethics of stem cell research to the war in Iraq. Summers showed up at undergraduate events, and he meaningfully talked with students. He asked tough questions...
Even as we lose the messenger, let’s rededicate ourselves to this message: educational excellence must be a core value of Harvard. This does not mean that every professor needs to be a great teacher. But it does mean that every student should receive a great education. Summers consistently delivered that critical message. Our next President should...
...Faculty affected opportunities for undergraduates almost immediately as some professors made swift exits. Moreover, none of the College’s greatest accomplishments during the past five years—the creation of a new office to centralize responses to the campus sexual assault epidemic, the revamping of the core curriculum, and the first steps towards fairer wages for some campus workers—were the result of Summers’ efforts, and sometimes met with substantial resistance from him. I hope that in Summers’ absence, the Harvard community will be better able to strive for excellence...