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Knowles writes that he does “not mean to suggest that we should blithely or blindly follow trends elsewhere.” But if Harvard follows Knowles’ plan, we will be doing exactly that. The plan will bring Harvard more in line with peer institutions??and further out of step with its own students’ needs...
...arrived in Cambridge, was just as colorful. For both monks and believers in Russia, these bells are an integral part of a rich cultural and spiritual heritage. The recent agreement made by representatives from Harvard, with emissaries from the Russian government and the St. Danilov monastery will respect both institutions?? histories. The original bells will be returned to Moscow, but identical replicas, forged using traditional techniques in Russia, will be sent to replace them in the Lowell’s bell tower. Viktor F. Vekselberg, a Russian metals mogul, also deserves praise for financing the deal. Thus...
...curriculums, if there is no reward for educational innovation...then change will come very, very slowly,” he said. Summers also addressed what he called “questions of values,” such as grade inflation and consistently applying high ethical standards. “Institutions?? deeds speak louder than their words,” he said. “These do shape characters and these do shape values.” Tufts University President Lawrence S. Bacow, who invited Summers as part of the Richard E. Snyder President’s Lecture Series...
...citing the endowments of institutions like Harvard and Yale as their goal. Ultimately, the plan aims to cultivate a “culture of giving” to provide a new funding source for university programs and financial aid. Such a culture of philanthropy has been essential to American institutions?? ability to create endowments, said Donella M. Rapier, Harvard’s vice president for alumni affairs and development. “Certainly all institutions are hoping to engender that same kind of culture all around the world because it will serve...
...professors are people of faith.” The study, titled “How Religious Are America’s College and University Professors” and written by Gross and Solon Simmons of George Mason University, found that 36.6 percent of professors at “elite institutions?? identify themselves as atheists or agnostics, in comparison to 23.4 percent of professors nationwide. The study used the “US News and World Report” ranking of the top 50 doctoral universities to define elite institutions, and religious individuals were identified as anyone other than...