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...other hand, the name brands did not necessarily lead the pack in graduates' income levels. "Parents have three questions," says Zemsky. "Economically, what is going to happen to my kid? Will this institution equip my child in ways that generate confidence? Will I be able to find some diamonds in the rough?" Zemsky's scheme "got us all thinking about how we evaluate ourselves," says Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. "And the emphasis is correct; it's on outcomes. Parents can now say, 'My son or daughter is interested in becoming a scientist. What...
...Rawkus Records exist and publicize a group like Black Star so effectively. Thank you, Mos Def and Kweli, for letting us know that "life without thought is just death in disguise;" and that even battle rhymes like "you stoppin us? that's just preposterous like an androgenous mysoginist" can equip us against the extinction we hip-hop fanatics frantically fear...
Departments do often try to equip their tutorsand teaching fellows with proper preparation forclassroom crises by holding retreats to discussstudent problems, others send TFs for training atthe Derek Bok Center...
...will be expensive to properly equip each room on campus, and it might not do much good if students don't know what the equipment is for. Therefore education is equally important as new desks and chairs. First-years in the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will receive information pamphlets in their registration packets next fall but just as the administration impresses upon new arrivals not to divulge their e-mail password to anyone, it must also impress upon its students the importance of setting up a proper workstation. One pamphlet among many is easy...
Despite the negligible dating scene at Harvardand the frenetic pace of student life here, manyintrinsic Harvardian traits help offsetdepression. Dr. Randolphe Catlin, chief of mentalhealth services at UHS, says that Harvardstudents' "productivity" coupled with thesuccess-drive that brought them to the Ivy leaguebetter equip them to deal with life'sdisappointments...