Word: extracurricular
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...result has been an expanded list of countries that fall under Harvard’s blanket restriction policy. The University will provide neither academic credit nor financial support for programs of study, internships, research work, volunteer opportunities, and extracurricular pursuits based in these countries. And although it’s easy to recognize that the move reduces Harvard’s liability concerns, the real question is whether or not the benefits of a blanket policy (including the administrative ease with which travel requests can be processed), can really outweigh the costs...
...moderate Muslim democracy (yes, they do exist). Harvard students can only stand to benefit from interaction with a unique country such as mine. Removing barriers to interaction would also be good for Indonesia, for the influx of brains into the country would do it some good; the extracurricular and intellectual tartness of Harvard students will certainly find a way to contribute to any place that is fortunate enough to have them. Furthermore, if every university did what Harvard has done, Indonesia would be deprived of the necessary intellectual interaction that stimulates the growth of its fledgling civil society...
Youpee-Roll—a member of the Fortpeck Sioux tribe—says that NAHC is her primary extracurricular activity and that active recruitment by the club via thefacebook.com, as well as welcoming activities early in the year, sparked her initial interest...
...really great experience as an undergrad, both through my time at PBHA and through other extracurricular work I’d done,” Swift said. “I really wanted to be involved in that again through a non-student capacity...
Coakley said that in the letters of recommendation, “mention is made of outstanding work that may not show up in grades,” such as academic research. However, “strictly speaking extracurricular activities don’t count,” he said...