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...service that allows colleges and universities to distribute educational content over the Internet. The Extension School, which is one of the three schools comprised by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), should be applauded for this innovative project, which will further the school’s mission to provide continuing education to the general public. But for courses offered in the other two schools of FAS—the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)—publicly available course videos would not be helpful, and would probably even be detrimental. Course material...
...founder of the photo site Flickr, which Yahoo! acquired in March 2005. "But there's been a shift in the internal messaging. I never hear execs refer to Yahoo! as a media company. A year and a half ago, there wasn't a satisfying articulation of what the mission of the company was. That has changed...
...deficiency, they must recognize that, at the end of the day, the onus of responsibility will fall squarely on their shoulders.The Task Force recognize that its job is not done. Instead of publishing its report and dissolving, the Task Force needs to be an active voice and watchdog, its mission unfinished until FAS treats teaching as a primary, not secondary, responsibility.In an otherwise commendable effort, we have only one direct criticism of the Task Force’s report: It does not fully consider the role of full-time teachers such as lecturers and preceptors. The report does dismiss...
...expend resources recruiting scholars who work on the periphery of their respective fields—but these are precisely the scientists Harvard needs if it is to be a leader in cross-disciplinary research. Operating independent of the departments, HUSEC will be able to fill that gap: Its mission includes hiring faculty and providing labs for researchers whose work does not fit neatly into an existing department.Hopefully, HUSEC will also soon create University-wide interdisciplinary departments. The Corporation has already expressed specific interest in a Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology that would focus on stem cells. New departments that...
...Supporters say Warner simply wants to protect the U.S. military by getting the Iraq mission onto a solid bipartisan footing. But more skeptical colleagues point out that Warner and many of the 20 other Senate Republicans up for re-election in 2008 need to actively distance themselves from Bush on Iraq not only to keep their own jobs but also to hold the total of 41 seats they need to filibuster Democratic initiatives. Even so, some Democrats fear that Warner, regardless of his motives, might buckle under White House pressure. He held his own on the Detainee Treatment...