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...reauthorization of the Higher Education Act is one of my highest priorities for the new session of Congress,” Kennedy wrote in his letter to the schools. “I plan to do all I can to enact worthwhile and bipartisan legislation in the coming months...
Such a choice will inherently be risky—but so was the choice of Eliot some 138 years ago. Indeed, Eliot’s nomination was unsuccessfully blocked by the Board of Overseers, which was concerned that Eliot might enact too many sweeping changes. History, however, has more than vindicated Eliot’s place as a giant in the evolution of higher education, and Harvard would not enjoy its modern distinction were it not for his leadership. Today, the members of the presidential search committee have the opportunity to make an equally momentous choice. Harvard?...
...conversion baskets and Dartmouth feeling good about themselves. The first half, they didn’t feel as good about themselves. The second half, they did because of easy baskets and conversions, and Pattman.”Harvard has a chance to feel good about itself and enact revenge on the Big Green in its Ivy League home opener Friday night. Dartmouth will come to Lavietes Pavilion for a 7 p.m. tip-off to complete the home-and-home series.—Staff writer Ted Kirby can be reached at tjkirby@fas.harvard.edu...
...Faculty will now have five meetings between now and Commencement in order to enact legislation on the curricular review...
...Colleges. “Only faculties can actively improve the quality of teaching and learning in the nation’s classrooms.” Although presidents and deans must encourage faculty to play a central role, through incentives and funds, the responsibility ultimately lies with the faculty to enact necessary changes, Bok said. He called these reforms the “new process of enlightened trial and error.” The author of the 2006 book, “Our Underachieving Colleges,” Bok urged colleges to abandon distributive requirements for comprehensive requirements...