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...school encourages its professors to serve in government to gain "practical, first-hand experience," Allison says. The school's faculty have occupied a number of significant posts: Deputy Treasury Secretary Richard Darman is a former faculty member; Dillon Professor of International Affairs Joseph S. Nye has served as a deputy undersecretary of state; and Mary Jo Bane, professor of political economy, is a top policy executive in New York's Social Services Department...
...next morning Soweto remained tense as security forces patrolled the streets in armored personnel carriers and other vehicles. For once, journalists were able to observe many of the events first-hand, since press restrictions had been relaxed two weeks ago as the result of court challenges. Inside the township, the comrades still manned most of their barricades. In White City, the section of Soweto where some of the worst bloodshed had occurred, activists refused to let residents go to work. Before the week was over, at least 20 people had been killed by police in the bloodiest confrontation since...
...school encourages its professors to serve in government to gain "practical, first-hand experience," Allison says. The school's faculty have occupied a number of significant posts: Deputy Treasury Secretary Richard Darman is a former faculty member; Dillon Professor of International Affairs Joseph S. Nye has served as a deputy undersecretary of state; and Mary Jo Bane, professor of political economy, is a top policy executive in New York's Social Services Department...
...time is spent in the classroom talking about the injustices being committed in the world," said Shubham Chaudhuri '88, head of ODN. "The discussion, though, doesn't have any real meaning until you actually get first-hand experience doing community work out in the field, which is what we are trying...
Ozment, who has repeatedly called for the University to pay closer attention to the quality of graduate student teaching, says he hopes this program will help the students learn teaching skills first-hand...