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...Press, a student-run letterpress nestled within the winding tunnels of Adams House. It is managed by volunteers, of which Jacoby is an especially devoted example, and is open to the entire Harvard community, regardless of previous experience or house affiliation. Participating in the B&A takes as little effort as simply walking in during open nights (Thursdays 7-10pm). The Press provides the paper and the Press Folk—students well-versed in the art—provide the instruction. According to Zachary C. Sifuentes, the Adams tutor in charge of the Bow & Arrow Press...
...center for education research, backed by philanthropist Eli Broad and led by economics professor Roland G. Fryer Jr., will open soon at Harvard, the Broad Foundation announced yesterday at the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York.The $44-million effort, called the Education Innovation Laboratory (or “EdLabs”), will bring together economists and educators to study strategies for improving K-12 public school education. Research will focus on three test cities, New York, Washington, and Chicago.Different schemes will be implemented in each city, allowing researchers to test controversial programs like compensating students for high test...
...consistent double-digit returns posted by the wealthiest university endowments over the past few years, they remain robust in light of the worst financial downturn in decades—one that has prompted a U.S. government plan to purchase up to $700 billion of toxic securities in an effort to cleanse the balance sheets of the country’s ailing financial institutions. The unprecedented government intervention in the market follows a series of financial shocks in recent weeks, including the failure of Lehman Brothers, the government takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the largest government...
...unusually warm night in August and I was sitting in my living room, holed up in my own indentation in the couch. The breeze coming through the window was increasingly inadequate and, in an effort to stay cool, I had turned off the ceiling lamps. The only light in the room came from the television in front of me. Tired from work and frustrated by the heat, I was completely still.But sweat and fatigue weren’t the only things that made me stationary. The reason I was sitting slack-jawed and wide-eyed was because I had just...
...Government You Can Trust." Galston and Kamarck believe the next wave of activism is going to have to be different from government past - precise, streamlined and accountable. In order to build credibility with a severely skeptical public, it will have to be accompanied by a major government reform effort...