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While I expect that most Harvard students have experienced firsthand the complexities involved in such administrative decisions as admissions and dorm assignments for an extraordinarily diverse student body, I doubt that many have considered the range of factors that must inform decisions about compensation for Harvard's employees. Harvard employs more than 14,000 individuals to perform an enormous range of tasks. They work for different parts of the University and they live in cities and towns throughout the Boston area, in other parts of the country and in other parts of the world. In any given week, there...
Finestone said she witnessed firsthand the difficulties colleagues went through in trying to maintain their homosexuality and their faith while studying to be a rabbi...
Sonn said he is anxious, now that his term hasended, to return home and see the changes in hisnation firsthand...
...parents with the most firsthand experience see other, more subtle effects as well. Though Ritalin use can boost young children's self-esteem just by helping them "fit in," teenagers often struggle with their self-image, wondering if their whole personality is shaped by a pill. Some parents balk at giving their child a drug related to "speed," even if it isn't addictive...
Students say that one of the most intriguing aspects of the course is watching firsthand the progress of other student's projects...