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...study published by researchers at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) last month found that the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, makes pilgrims more peaceful and tolerant rather than fostering feelings of self-isolation. After reviewing data from a 2006 survey to 1,600 Sunni pilgrims from Pakistan, researchers Asim Ijaz Khwaja of HKS, Michael R. Kremer of the Department of Economics, and David Clingingsmith of Case Western Reserve University, concluded that participation in the Hajj bolsters pilgrims’ observance of Islamic practices, including the five daily prayers and fasting, while decreasing their adherence to local customs, like...
...help reduce the “achievement gap” among racial and socioeconomic groups. This was the second event of “Raps on the Gap,” a University-wide interdisciplinary discussion series sponsored by Harvard’s Achievement Gap Initiative. Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) lecturer and Achievement Gap Initiative Director Ronald F. Ferguson began the panel by comparing test scores among different racial groups, noting trends associated with racial and socioeconomic backgrounds. He also emphasized that the racial achievement gap exists among all social levels. Other panelists identified ways to help combat this...
...course, we are HKS, in parallel with HBS and HLS,” Kennedy School professor Dani Rodrik ’79 wrote on his blog. “HBS teaches business, HLS teaches law, and we teach...Never mind...