Word: deferments
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Adler was initially waitlisted by Harvard, but was granted admission on the condition that he defer a year...
While the lawsuits may strengthen student rights, they come at a high cost for schools--in diminished authority as well as dollars. "We used to defer to the professional discretion of teachers and administrators," says Richard Arum, a professor of sociology and education at New York University and the author of Judging School Discipline. "Now our schools are run increasingly by lawyers and judges, and that has profound consequences in undermining the moral authority of school discipline...
...deans issued a statement expressing their belief that the University should follow the substantive and procedural recommendations of the Verba committee. They stated that the University should move to the proposed framework of a limited number of uniform dates on the calendars of all the Schools, but agreed to defer final action until the completion of certain curricular reviews then underway in several of the Faculties. A copy of the March 2004 statement appears at http://www.provost.harvard.edu/reports/statement.php...
...creative juices haven’t stopped flowing, finding outlets in every shape, size, and color. Growing up in New York, Collins continued percussion lessons at Julliard, playing with the New York Youth Symphony as well as a rock band. When the group got serious, he decided to defer coming to Harvard for a year in order to record an album with the band and tour around the Northeast. Although he was already musically involved in high school, this gap year was largely responsible for focusing Collins’s attention and efforts on the arts...
...departure of center Brian Cusworth. Nas’ full name, Nasir, after all, means “protector” in Arabic. Plus, Nas already has experience playing with a team—The Bravehearts—and he’s shown an ability to defer to his teammates despite earlier beliefs that he was a superior player (see the Jay-Z collaboration, “Black Republican?...