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Like so many talented young taiwanese, Yuan T. Lee came to the U.S. to study, and then to stay. He earned a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. He climbed the academic ladder. Eventually, he won a Nobel Prize. Then earlier this year, at the peak of his career, the 57-year- old chemist made a sweeping U-turn and headed back home to run Taiwan's prestigious Academia Sinica, a burgeoning collection of 21 research institutes...
...Single-Faculty-Dean model point that the Two-Dean model forces an artificial separation of student life issues and academic issues. What this position fails to point out is that this separation occurs in the Single- Faculty-Dean model, but at a lower rung of the bureaucratic ladder. In any event, this separation could potentially enhance the effectiveness of the Dean because he or she would be able to concentrate on issues pertinent to undergraduate life and educational development. The Dean for Undergraduate Education would be able to concentrate on academic issues such as the Core, curricular planning and development...
...electronics companies eliminated 480,000 jobs. Says John Stern, a vice president for the American Electronics Association: "The American life-style is supported by manufacturing jobs. They are the entry point into the middle class for women and minorities and anyone else climbing the ladder who doesn't have the contacts or education to become a software engineer. These people can't lead a middle-class life in the service jobs that are left over...
Although his position in the line-up doesn't appear to be finalized, his 4-0 record this weekend should keep him high up on the Crimson ladder...
...seems to me the most likely way of getting ladder-ranked faculty," said Peter J. Burgard, associate professor of German...