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...school department??s central administration has agreed to forego cost-of living increases for the coming fiscal year, contributing to a $1.6 million reduction in its budget, and the high school has agreed to cut $500,000 from its budget, Tauber said. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...effort to attract more students and reduce the twelve pages its requirements fill in the student handbook, the Classics department unanimously approved a final draft of a new, more flexible curriculum on Tuesday afternoon, according to the department??s director of undergraduate studies, Mark J. Schiefsky. The new set of requirements no longer includes the department??s unique general exams or its decades-old mandatory reading list, although they remain popular with many students. Its seven tracks of study are being reduced to two—Classical Civilizations and Classical Languages and Literatures. The latter track...
...just the beginning of the department??s plans for neuroimaging research—several rooms adjacent to the scanner have been left vacant to allow for future expansion, including a possible second scanner...
...excessive defense spending, brings an already-impressive resume to the position, having served as assistant secretary of defense for international security during the Clinton administration. We applaud Obama’s wise selection and hope that Carter’s nomination signals a major change in the Defense Department??s procurement policy. The selection of Dr. Carter is especially wise given the acute economic crisis. In January, President Obama inherited an inefficient national-security apparatus that has become accustomed to bloated budgets and continual cost overruns; last year, the Pentagon spent $104.3 billion on weapons procurement alone. This...
...Donoghue said it is important to note that the English department??s new plan does not herald the end of studies of Western civilization. “If anything,” he said, “it will give students more of a share in pursuing the English canon...