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Alumni elect the governing boards of many colleges, but relatively few bother to vote. At Harvard, less than 10 percent of the 330,000 alums vote. More should; and they should vote for those candidates who have a strong interest in improving higher education, who can work cooperatively with others...

Author: By Robert L. Freedman | Title: Improving Higher Education | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

“They say that developers aren’t that interested in architects—that’s all I know,” said Sara Queen, a second year architecture student. “They tried really hard to publicize it but it was bad timing...

Author: By Betsy L. Mead, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New GSD Program Aims To Get More Architects | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

When Harvard’s future dean of admissions and financial aid was applying to the College in 1962, the first two teachers he asked for letters of recommendation refused. “They wouldn’t write for Harvard because they thought it was a bunch of Communists...

Author: By Michelle L. Quach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Gatekeeper's Life | 3/31/2008 | See Source »

I'm 71 years old, and it's hard enough to lift the heavy grocery bags, let alone do all the work the checkout clerk is being paid for. The same goes for pumping my own gas. Sometimes I yearn for the good old days, when an attendant would not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

In other words, he hasn't got a clue. Another word for dogma is values, and another word for politics is democracy. So McCain, by his own admission, knows little about economics, has no underlying values or principles to apply in considering what action to take and isn't interested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dumb Money | 3/27/2008 | See Source »

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