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There is cause to be pessimistic about the [dearth of]high-end straight plays on the West End and Broadway. But the animal itself seems to be living and breathing, because the supply of new young plays seems to be as rich as ever. It seems that there's an awful lot of people under 30 who actually want to write for the theater. And I don't think it matters finally whether their plays are in a 1000-seat house or in a pub, or anything in between. The fact is that people are attracted to new work...
...mandatory freshman writing course have come to this conclusion. This week, a Crimson investigation revealed that students are not alone; many systemic problems are festering within the Expository Writing program, from dissatisfaction amongst preceptors to a lack of interest on the part of faculty and administrators to a dearth of funding.These problems are too large for quick fixes and stopgap measures. Instead of pursuing reforms such as changing the program’s leadership, increasing funding, forcing indifferent professors to pay attention to the program, and reducing class sizes, the University should reevaluate Expository Writing altogether. Specifically, we hope that...
...said she had known nothing about global poverty and microfinance until her senior year at Harvard, when the circumstances of a close acquaintance in Israel moved her to take action. But after the speech, she said her lack of interest in the issue was less because of a dearth of opportunity than the fact that she simply did not take advantage of them. “Harvard prepared me in a great way for having my eyes opened, for asking questions, but it’s definitely been in my time since school that I’ve really started...
...Commission officials say the E.U. has an aging population and a dearth of skilled workers in sectors like engineering, information technology, pharmaceuticals, health care and teaching. The continent desperately needs foreign labor and officials hope some 20 million migrants will arrive over the next two decades...
Leaders from eight of Harvard’s largest student cultural groups voiced concerns Friday over the lack of formal input from minority professors in the search for the College’s next dean. The students questioned Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith about the dearth of minority members on the eight-member advisory committee that will help him search for the next Dean of the College. Nworah B. Ayogu ’10, the political action chair of the Harvard Black Men’s Forum and lead organizer of the meeting with Smith, said...