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...Yard, tutors and the House advising system replace the proctors. This decentralized structure most distinguishes Harvard advising from that of other school where a central dean’s office or the individual departments coordinate advising. Chip Chapman ’04, a political science major at Duke University, finds this type of system makes communication difficult. “There is a lot of information and help out there, but getting it is the problem.” The nation’s universities are listening to such complaints, according to Dingman. “There is an extraordinary...
...period role. After all, it's easy to look like a leading man while firing an M-16; less so while wearing tights. Aussie hunk HUGH JACKMAN'S Danskin moment arrives in the upcoming contempo-period piece hybrid, Kate & Leopold. In the film, Jackman portrays a 19th century English duke transported to the 21st century who--what else?--grows smitten with a Manhattan corporate climber (MEG RYAN). Having depicted high-testosterone men in X-Men and Swordfish, he says the role "was a big challenge, though I have quite a bit of English blood. I had to go back...
...industry's margins, overall, make it tough to book stellar profits. Experienced technical translators in Western Europe and the U.S. earn upwards of $80,000 a year, and project managers with strong linguistic skills command even higher pay. Despite a recent wave of consolidation, dozens of small companies still duke it out; the business remains a buyer's market. "Microsoft has the money and dictates prices," says industry association chief Anobile. "Clients rule...
That’s where the “achievement index” comes into play. Developed by Valen E. Johnson, a professor of statistics at Duke University, the achievement index is a system of ranking students that takes into account how each student performs relative to the people in his course, and how the people in his course performed in their other courses. Johnson compares it to the rankings in college sports, which take into account the difficulty of the schedule in addition to the team’s record. The Harvard football team is a great team...
...Duke this system was not instituted, due to students who feared a shake-up in grades, and professors who didn’t want to relinquish their power over the grading process. Of course this system isn’t perfect, but it is worth considering. Once we’ve accepted a system of letter grading, we might as well make it fair...