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...standard high school diploma will be replaced by a series of achievement goals. Advancement into college, a trade or a career will be based on the attainment of those personal goals. The venerable concept of apprenticeship, which thrived in 18th and 19th century America, will be revived; young people will divide their time between school and training with mentors in areas ranging from carpentry to wildlife biology. At the same time, adult education will boom as workers retrain for new jobs, bone up on developments in fast- moving fields and learn new skills and hobbies for their retirement years...
...Harvard Lampoon, Susan C. Faludi '81, Michael E. Kinsley '72, Du Bois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Professor of Law Randall Kennedy joined cultural elitists such as Woody Allen, Madonna and Vice President Dan Quayle. The magazine will award a "diploma" to everyone on its list...
...with a four-color pen), and that this can actually be liberating and fortunate as well as frightening. Yet in order to see this, it helps to believe that there's an ultimate meaning, that your soul is more enduring than your GPA, and that a Harvard diploma will get you into heaven...
...established in 1909, have included Dr. Jennifer Leaning '68, an international peace activist and chief of emergency services at the Harvard community Health Plan, and Susan D. Chira '80, a reporter and editor for The New York Times. The award carries a $3500 prize as well as a Latin diploma...
...passed his courses, passed History and Literature generals, wrote a thesis on Pakistani author Hanif Kureshi (he's totally full of shit, but Thomas can relate to that). So today Harvard's hostess with the mostest will receive his diploma, and the campus social scene will never be the same...