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...professors under Eliot, it repudiated the prime function of the humanities, which is to help people live better lives. It is all very well and good to read what Montaigne says, but unless you think about what it means to you, it is all just words. We now expect students to figure out things by themselves, without the aid of an involved teacher, who can not only redirect students to texts, but guide them through those that offer the most intelligent appraisals of human experience...
...seniors, and even some ambitious sophomores flock to the recruiting events held on campus. However, not everyone who attends these events is set on banking or consulting—in fact, many of them have only a vague idea of what their professional future entails and what they can expect in the event that they get hired...
According to OCS, students can generally expect to go through two rounds of interviews before receiving an offer. The process continues through the end of the first semester, and some companies hold their first interview dates as late as December...
...former dean of the Graduate School of Education, Ellen C. Lagemann, whose History 1637 is geared toward undergraduates, also found that her lecture class on education attracted more students than anticipated. Lagemann said she was told by “other people in her department” to expect anywhere from zero to 18 students, but the course wound up drawing just under 60 undergraduates. She added though that her department was generally supportive of her proposal for the course, which examines education since the colonial era from all angles, including within families and religious institutions. Other universities are starting...
...working leaders who can think on their feet with the big boys of Harvard recruiting. And TFA, by way of the districts they teach in, offers as little as $25,000 in compensation per year, a mere quarter of what a first-year analyst at a top firm can expect...