Word: deservedness
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“Our senior leadership has been incredible,” Wheaton said. “They deserved a little better than this to end their careers, but it doesn’t change the contributions they’ve made to our program.”
During her 15-year tenure, she was one of the most visible college presidents in the nation—especially since she was the first woman to head a large research university, a fact that she says often got more attention in the popular press than it deserved.
“I had to prove every day that I deserved a place at Harvard,” Simmons said of her days as a student, adding that she had often asked herself, “Why am I here?”
Thesis writers have also had to come to grips this spring with the limits of meritocracy, namely the fact that many concentrations have absolutely no idea how to evaluate their honors candidates fairly and accurately. One senior told me that he received one grade of summa-minus on his thesis...
This was no traditional High Tea, but rather the new Power Tea, an exclusive offering of the Four Seasons Boston Hotel. Launched in April, the Power Tea is designed as a funky, more modern version of the traditional Afternoon Tea. The standard tea is nothing to scoff at, however, garnering...