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...arts education is crucial for students in any school, yet when budget cuts are needed, arts programs in public schools are always the first to go. It is of course a bittersweet commentary on the state of public education that these donations are even necessary. We hope the Fund for Cultural Enrichment, the money raised by HPT, will not long be the only money available to fund enriching cultural forays...
...problem of gender inequality in Faculty hiring demands concerted attention from the upper levels of the administration. Harvard’s notoriously secretive tenure process compounds what is typically a self-perpetuating problem, and setting the right tone from above is crucial. Currently, a department which has received permission to appoint more tenured Faculty draws up a short list of candidates, which is then whittled down by the recommendations of outside scholars and senior faculty. Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby must then approve of a tenure offer before the formation of an ad hoc committee chaired by President...
...gender divide on campus. The College’s freshman class is composed of more female students than men for the first time in Harvard’s history, and women arguably play a more active role socially and extracurricularly on campus than ever before. But in the crucial and delicate arena of tenure, Harvard is lagging behind—and the extent of the problem is embarrassing...
Considered to be one of the most crucial swing states, the spotlight disappeared from Ohio quickly after news outlets called the state’s 20 electoral votes for President Bush. But both before and after the election, multiple Ohio newspapers reported on a string of voting irregularities, including serious concerns about how thousands of votes were counted. Many of these worries stem from the balloting machinery in Ohio: while only about 12 percent of the nation votes by punch card, the infamous ballot system that muddled the 2000 presidential election in Florida, about three-quarters of Ohio residents...
It has been said that picking the right college can be as crucial to future success and happiness as picking the right mate. That's essentially the logic behind Destination-U.com a new online search service for college-bound students. It was developed by Greg Waldorf, a venture capitalist who is on the board of matchmaking service eHarmony.com and his mother Toby, who for 15 years has been privately advising high schoolers on applying to college. "The recommendations we give are quite personalized--similar to what I do in the office with clients," says Toby...