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...field retroactively. Departments have the final say in determining whether next year’s seniors will be able to declare a secondary field in the spring, according to Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71. The full Faculty approved the Curricular Review legislation to implement secondary fields a month ago.Secondary fields will not appear on diplomas but will appear on transcripts, according to Assistant Dean of Harvard College Stephanie H. Kenen.Some graduate programs—which are not available as undergraduate concentrations—will also propose secondary fields for undergraduates.Seventeen concentrations aim to have...
...Townsend said, “we will not achieve a transformational state of preparedness that the nation requires.” Before the country is ready to handle a national disaster such as terrorism or a severe hurricane, Townsend said, the U.S. must first “define and implement a comprehensive national preparedness system.” More specifically, Townsend advocated the creation of a new headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security and the strengthening of the department’s field resources through a homeland security university where personnel could receive training in crisis management...
...Cambridge Public School Committee could not reach a decision about implementing a Montessori program at the Tobin School at a meeting last night, questioning the results of a survey suggesting that Cambridge parents would enroll their children in such a program. The survey, conducted by RKM Research and Communications, consisted of phone interviews with 404 Cambridge parents whose children are already in kindergarten at a Cambridge public school or are applying for enrollment. According to the study, 59 percent of parents would enroll their children in a Montessori program if the district implemented one. The proposal to create a Montessori...
...social enterprise “risky,” but, she adds, “the only time you can do something different is when you’re young.”In July of last year, Chyau and So plan to return to Zhongdian, Yunnan to implement the “Yashmere” yak project. The two students estimate that the project will increase the income of 4,000 families in the province by 30 percent. They also plan to reinvest 10 percent of their profits back to community development in areas of health and education...
While a broader rankings system has a clear audience and purpose—informing consumers in an important niche where private enterprise has failed—a nationwide database of students has no defined purpose and carries a bevy of risks. The Department of Education should implement a ranking of all U.S. colleges, but it should table its proposal for a database of students...