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...these activities don’t even begin to capture the effect of Harvard University on the rest of the world. The professors here run labs that research cures to diseases ranging from diabetes to Alzheimer’s, while many students train for high-level positions in government and will shape public policy in the coming decades...
Alex S. Jones, director of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at the KSG, said that while there have been some high-level minority appointments in journalism, the process has been slower than many have hoped for, prompting “irritation and frustration.” Still, he said the Post’s debate might be attributable to the specific appointment...
Norwood spoke extensively on a 1934 controversy surrounding a high-level Nazi official’s return to Cambridge...
...creation of the high-level post followed a review of policy on licensing and patents in light of plans for expanding the University science programs and increasing interdisciplinary nature of scientific research...
...other top private schools, including Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, have always steered clear of AP courses. Myra McGovern, a spokeswoman at the National Association of Independent Schools, discerns "a movement from a small group of independent schools that have said no to AP courses," preferring to offer high-level classes that are more focused, less test-driven and perhaps more engaging. "Learning is about having a passion," observes McGovern. "The threat is that students are so concerned with how they appear to the colleges that they pack in all sorts of AP courses that may not even interest...