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...political activists fought one another and police and soldiers for months, leaving at least 45 dead and hundreds injured. On Jan. 11, President Iajuddin Ahmed, presumably with the backing of the army, called a state of emergency, imposed night curfews across the country and postponed the elections indefinitely. An interim government promises to revamp the compromised election commission, fix dodgy electoral rolls and root out corruption. Just don't expect an election anytime soon...
...This time, though, the Awami League and other smaller allied parties accused the BNP, which ruled from 2001 and stood down as constitutionally mandated in October, of stacking the caretaker government and the electoral commission with partisans. Iajuddin was made the head of the interim government, for instance, even though he is a member of the BNP. The accusation of unfair play was echoed by diplomats such as U.S. Ambassador Patricia A. Butenis, who observed that the interim body "has not always conducted itself neutrally, and the nation has suffered as a result." The Awami League also accused...
Preschool through 12th grade teachers must earn and maintain certain degrees and certificates in order to teach; why is this not so for professors? At a recent meeting of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, interim University President Derek C. Bok pointed out, “The Ph.D., in my knowledge, is the only major professional program in the United States that does not prepare students for the activity that they will spend most of their professional lives [doing].” Therein lies the problem...
Gray, who stepped down from the Harvard Corporation in 2005, now chairs the trustee board at HHMI. Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles is also a trustee there. Both declined to comment for this article...
...letter to Interim University President Derek C. Bok, Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture Martha Schwartz alleged gender discrimination within the landscape architecture department, which has never tenured a female professor...