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...operate under the assumption that students know how to do it--or if they don't, they'll flunk out and it's their problem," says John Gardner, executive director of the Policy Center on the First Year of College and the leader--along with Russell Edgerton of the Pew Forum on Undergraduate Learning--of a panel of higher-education experts that advised us during our selection process...
...available to the public, this month colleges and universities got a glimpse of how they stack up against national norms in five areas of engagement. In addition to helping schools scrutinize themselves, the study offers a snapshot of contemporary higher education. "We've got a new camera," says Russ Edgerton, director of the Pew Forum on Undergraduate Learning. "It's not the Hubble, but it reveals a [new] dimension of quality." Among the findings...
...want it cheapand nearby can head to the Sackler for"Ellsworth Kelly: The Early Drawings," anexhibition of the artist's work from his post-WWIIyears in France. OR: Ever wonder what you could dowith a strobotron, a rapatronic, or aphenakistoscope? Find the answers in the images ofHarold "Doc" Edgerton at "Flashes of Inspiration."These early strobe photographs will challenge thevery foundation of your flimsy beliefs.Ellsworth Kelly at the Arthur M. SacklerMuseum. FREE with a Harvard ID. Flashes ofInspiration at the MIT Museum, 265 Mass...
...centuries, he propounds the law of wave motion, suggesting that it is water's "percussive" force rather than water itself that is moving. Sketching a water drop splattering on a flat surface, he catches its precise, crownlike spray in a stop-action image that was not verified until Harold Edgerton's high-speed photography at M.I.T. Impressive too are his moral sensibilities. He mentions that he has invented an underwater breathing device, then notes that divers could use it to sneak up on enemy ships and sink them. So he destroyed it, he says, lest "the evil nature...
...wasn't a good week for women. A study by the highly regarded research organization Catalyst, which surveyed 461 senior female corporate officials, confirmed that no one sleeps her way to the top; you get there by not sleeping. Several said they get up at 4 a.m., and Brenda Edgerton, a vice president at Campbell Soup, said, "You get tired, awfully tired." Others advised taking up golf, reading the sports pages and getting a personality transplant. Says one: "Don't be attractive. Don't be too smart. Don't be assertive. Pretend you're not a woman...