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...historian John Dunn has written. Our collective inheritance is also our challenge to stay alive, to revitalize. Take the case of Harvard College, our oldest and still central institution. By many measures it seems beyond improvement: it has more applicants, and thus greater selectivity, than ever before; its students excel in class (even if not all of them earn A’s); and they succeed in all kinds of postgraduate competitions, not to mention careers. Yet if we take the College for granted, we will quickly find it diminished, a secondary institution in the University that has grown around...
...start of the year, Harvard coach Joe Walsh knew that he would need to find a way to play both Lentz and sophomore Schuyler Mann, both of whom excel defensively behind the plate. While Walsh wanted to platoon Lentz and Mann at catcher, he needed both bats in the lineup. Lentz learned how to play first base and the outfield in order to stay on the field with Mann. But when junior Trey Hendricks went down with a season-ending injury with two weeks remaining in the regular season, Lentz’s versatility became invaluable...
...this cutthroat attitude, she says, does not create an environment conducive to work for all scientists—and particularly not for women—who still face nagging cultural hurdles that make it far more difficult to excel...
...meet them. At KFC, however, Jennifer is judged subjectively by her bosses on her commitment to regional restaurant managers. Higher sales often result, but numbers don't define her. Katzenbach writes, "While money may attract and retain people, it is rarely at the heart of what motivates them to excel...
...without knowing a word of English, is a prototypical Bridge program success story. After three years of English courses alongside a Bridge program computer class, she moved from serving water to a desk job at the Bridge program’s office. She answers phone calls, uses Microsoft Excel and files papers. “I can do anything in this country if I learn English,” says Lugo...