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Harvard can be particularly alienating for African students because the curriculum offers few courses about African history and culture. "As a student, it is very difficult for me to learn about Africa," Ndiaye says. In his field of concentration, economics, he said "you end up studying everywhere but Africa. That's not much fun when you miss home and you want to learn about home or other countries in Africa...
...said he decided to experiment with different types of sections to allow individual students to learn in an environment in which they think they can "best facilitate their own learning...
...course of her research, Mylroie interviewed all types of policymakers including ministers, advisers, and members of the Royal Court of Jordan to learn how they perceive their own interests in Middle Eastern crises. Egyptian leaders, for example, feared this past summer that their political ally Kuwait would be drawn into the Iran-Iraq war. Mylroie also spoke with many friends she had met at Harvard or on previous visits to the Middle East about what the people think of the latest foreign policy developments. "I catch up with them as to what the gossip of the country is and what...
...needed one." William Penn Principal Harris, who managed to purge the gangs from her school, praises Clark's character. "Here is a principal with principles. He is trying to develop strong, independent, law-abiding citizens and is trying to provide the students with a safe, secure place to learn, and for this he is going to be nailed to the wall...
...never been more difficult. Old-style pedagogy simply does not work when the climate both inside and outside the schoolhouse is one of paralyzing despair. Inner-city educators speak of a "ghetto mentality," in which very little is expected of students -- by parents, teachers and others. Students quickly learn to match those expectations. "Schools knew how to succeed with kids who wanted to succeed," observes President Timpane of Teachers College. "It's only in the past generation that we've had the challenge of trying to succeed with individuals who didn't want to succeed or didn't even want...