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...teach students about the importance of attribution and original scholarship, when the institution behind us all tolerates plagiarism at the highest level? Allowing Goodwin to remain as Overseer of an academic institution is tantamount to condoning such behavior. Worse, it promotes a double standard, suggesting that indiscretions diminish in importance as one’s fame and popularity grow. For the integrity of Harvard, Goodwin must...
...student body feels grade inflation to be a serious enough problem to warrant fixing, and only 27 percent of students believe their grades to be inflated in the first place. More than half, however, are concerned that the widespread attention to Harvard’s high grades might diminish the value of their degrees...
...seen in various actions since his installation, University President Lawrence H. Summers has come to Harvard with very undemocratic beliefs and is pushing hard to diminish the power students and other members of the community have to impact policy. He announced his sit-in policy without any input from students, just one step in an attempt to crack down on and discourage protest at Harvard. The advisory board on the selection of the next dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences does not include students. Summers has metaphorically referred to the relationship between students and Harvard as similar...
Adam’s parents decided not to renew the AOL subscription the following year, and Adam felt his sexual curiosity diminish. “In the absence of the Internet it was like I lost the need to explore my sexuality,” he says. “I didn’t masturbate to gay porn. I just went to school and did my work...
...spread wealth. But by the '90s, top businessmen had become celebrities, writing books (or having them ghostwritten), gracing covers of magazines and preaching the wonders of American management and transparent accounting practices to companies in other countries. After Enron, the audiences overseas for heroes of glamour capitalism may diminish; meanwhile Americans have become appreciative of safety and security--for themselves and their money. At such a time, it's natural to look to government, not institutions driven by the imperatives of the market...