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What about the House version? That bill, which may come to a vote this month, contains similar disclosure requirements. But it would not limit meals or gifts--and would ban privately funded travel for just this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lobbying Limits? | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

...they have true interest. It would be foolish to expect the best faculty-student interaction in large lecture courses like the Courses in General Education.This plan, however, has one large stumbling block: with a few exceptions for administrators who teach on the side, Harvard’s current policy limits lecturers in non-tenure-track positions to only eight years of teaching. Over the years, this rule has caused the departure of some top-quality talent—most recently Social Analysis 10 teaching fellow Bruce D. Watson and Preceptor in Mathematics John D. Boller. With a constant turnover...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Reinventing Harvard’s Teachers | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

...involved unless states ask for help.These regulations even usher in the threat of censorship. Many universities have unorthodox views, whether very conservative or very liberal, or even completely off the political spectrum. If the federal government imposes a curriculum, which is essentially what standardized testing does, it will limit the way schools can teach and even what they are allowed to teach because they will have to pander to the arbitrary, supposedly neutral and politically correct standards of some national education advisory committee. It would be difficult for the government to dictate that private universities use standardized testing because this...

Author: By Shai D. Bronshtein, | Title: Standardization Without Reason | 4/3/2006 | See Source »

...most dissonant, if not flat-out traitorous, aspect of the show is its attitude toward TV itself. "Rule No. 1," Dr. Hark declares: "Limit television! No more TV whenever you want!" Does she make a good point about the danger of too much sedentary time? Absolutely. And it would be easier to take seriously if Honey didn't use every manipulative TV trick in the book--sensationalistic special effects, trumped-up drama, Grand Guignol music--to keep you in planted front of the screen. In words that Homer Simpson once used to describe alcohol, this is TV anointing itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Blinking Blue Schoolmarm | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...Americans would also limit illegals' access to government services, such as driver's licenses (69% not allow), health care/food stamps (75% not allow), and attending public schools (51% not allow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poll Analysis: Large Majority Favors 'Guest Workers' | 3/31/2006 | See Source »

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