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Goodman said the University should foster open debate on Harvard’s low female tenure rates and the impact on undergraduate women...
...that could be Tung's greatest contribution to a city often derided as a cultural desert: an arts center to be built on 40 weedy hectares of reclaimed harborfront land. First introduced in Tung's 1999 policy address, and later refined with a master plan by British architect Norman Foster, the West Kowloon Cultural District is slated to include at least four museums, four performance venues, art schools, galleries and studios, all housed under a swooping, transparent canopy. The district is to be built without any outlay from the public purse. It's the kind of project a well-oiled...
...success stories like Rolando's are rare. Child welfare, the juvenile-justice system, special-education and support programs for young mothers usually cut off at age 18, and most kids in foster care get kicked out at 18 with virtually no safety net. "Age limits are like the time limits for welfare recipients," says Frank Furstenberg, a sociologist who heads a research consortium called the MacArthur Network on Transitions to Adulthood. "They're pushing people off the rolls, but they're not necessarily able to transition into supportive services or connections to other systems." And programs for the poor aren...
Several students pointed to a potential January term as one way that the College could realize its plans to foster more international study. Kirby said that whether or not Harvard creates such a term, it is strongly considering moving exams before winter break...
Half of the proceeds from her book opening on Dec. 2 went to One Family, an organization that works with foster care system in Massachusetts...