Word: dockets
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That measure would be one of the few proposals requiring an official vote of the Faculty, according to Skocpol, although she said discussion of the report’s broader findings would most likely be on the docket for one of the Faculty meetings this spring...
Before sweeping into power in both chambers of the U.S. Congress, the Democratic Party promised to improve access to higher education for all Americans. Once empowered to dictate the congressional docket, the House Dems swiftly and emphatically passed a bill that promises to cut the interest rate on federally-backed student loans to 3.4 percent from 6.8 percent. There are few things to which politicians pay more lip service than higher education, but as with most issues, when it actually comes down to choosing a course of action, consensus proves hard to reach. After years of lagging federal spending...
...Dubai School of Government. Kayyem will take office on Jan. 22, but she says she has no set agenda at the present time. “A large part of the job is going to be the steep learning curve; I need time to figure out exactly what my docket is going to be,” she said. “I’ve been focusing in the national security world for so long, that focusing on the state stuff is new.” Ames Professor of Law Philip B. Heymann, who co-authored the book...
...insufficient business,” the Faculty Meeting scheduled for Jan. 9, has been canceled by the Docket Committee, the group of three professors who determine the agenda of Faculty Meetings...
Members of the Docket Committee, reached over the winter break, said that the cancellation should not be seen as a sign of a lack of dedication or interest on the part of faculty members...