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...fall testify to a disturbing reality: Harvard is not immune. Harvard is, however, self-aware. Conversations with a number of peers have revealed a deep and pervasive sense of insecurity about geography. More interestingly, perhaps, Harvard undergraduates seem genuinely eager to change what they view as an unacceptable dearth of geographic knowledge. And, as the tide of globalization advances ever further, ignorance becomes ever more costly. But what does it mean, exactly, to study geography? For many people, the word conjures unpleasant memories of fourth grade state capital exams. Geography, however, is about much more than just memorizing locations...
Better known for his TV series “24,” Sutherland should seriously consider a voice-acting career. Not that he isn’t terrific in “24,” it’s just that there’s dearth of talented actors who know how to jazz up an animated character...
...should offer limitless opportunities for innovative urban planning. But as China's cities have grown larger, they have only become more uniform, so that each now seems to boast a skyscraping government office, roads scaled like highways and a vast Tiananmen-like square. This alikeness results largely from a dearth of professional designers and from the fact that breakneck growth leaves scant time for subtlety. But it also reflects a value system in which city infrastructure is conceived in symbolic rather than practical terms and where extravagance is the accepted symbol for modernity...
Many European countries are facing a significant dearth of quality secondary and higher education programs, a problem which could present a major obstacle to Europe’s future economic and social development, according to a report issued last week by a Portugal-based policy group. The report follows a recent drop in ranking for European universities in world university lists that place Harvard first. The paper, “The Economics of Knowledge: Why Education is Key for Europe’s Success,” cites funding shortages as a major weakness for European education systems?...
...opinions. My colleagues say they are now eager to get on with the business of curricular reform that they subordinated for several years to the task of expelling President Summers. The most crucial reform would require ensuring greater intellectual diversity among those who teach the students. The dearth of conservative views (most of which were liberal views when I was an undergraduate) affects the nature of what is being taught, as well as the intellectual mettle of those doing the teaching. Students, irrespective of their own views, are being short-changed by a faculty that does not even acknowledge, much...