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...Health Economics” versus “Introduction to Investments.” Rather, it means receiving a well-rounded education that builds on what high school has provided students. And to this, it adds a first layer of specialization to give a sampling of what grad school will be, for the many Harvard students who go. But Harvard does not, simply put, require its graduates to know anything in common with each other. Even in the Core, course selection is entirely up to the students, and they have to pick only from a hodgepodge which teaches them less...
...well-rounded” applicants from thousands of applicants every year, it makes only a bad faith attempt at keeping its students well-rounded. There is a strong case to be made for sticking with Harvard’s long history of liberal education. After all, grad school has historically been where true specialization takes place, and Harvard has never taken pride, as MIT has, in producing students who are essentially academic drones with blinders attached, divorced from all fields of study but their own. If the College is truly serious about the academic philosophy it advocates, an overwhelming change...
Good News for Grad Schools...
Whether they've worked together, gone to grad school together or played in the same Free to Be ... You and Me--era sandbox as children, today's twenty- and thirtysomethings enjoy more platonic relationships than any previous generation. According to a 2002 survey by American Demographics/Synovate, 18-to-24-year-olds are nearly four times as likely as people over 55 to have a best friend of the opposite sex. Among adults ages 25 to 34, more than 1 in 10 said their best buddy is a member of the opposite...
...year-old Parsons grad from Weston, Conn., come up with a plan to transform functional bucket bags into sexy totes with names like the Slim Soho? He had pretty good training: five years at Ralph Lauren in design and then another three at Tommy Hilfiger, where he eventually became chief marketing officer...