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...educational experiences that echoes the philosopher’s works. “It’s a very Dewey-ite proposal, to be sure,” says Committee Co-Chair and Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand.LEARNING FROM THE “MOTHER DOCUMENT”Another historical document that bears some resemblance to the Gen Ed proposal is the infamous 1945 report, “General Education in a Free Society,” written by former University President James B. Conant ’14, otherwise known as the Red Book.The...
...clear whether an untruthful student would lose his degree after graduating. But what about other skeletons in your closet? In 1995, the University revoked the admission of a Harvard admit after discovering that she had pled no contest to voluntary manslaughter after allegedly beating her mother to death with a lead candlestick five years earlier. A creepy example, but a reminder that Harvard knows...
...Talent's breast cancer awareness effort is personal and heartfelt: his mother died of the disease in 1988. But like everything a candidate does in campaign season, the pink arch event was also high-wattage politics - part of a massive push by the first-term incumbent Senator to woo nearly two million other women: those registered to vote in Missouri. Talent did an Arbor Day event and a $300,000 fundraiser with the First Lady the same day. He has a dedicated campaign arm called "Women for Talent" that has held nine events since July. His top pollster, Linda DiVall...
...Jane always defended Margaret?s role in the show. ?She was the power behind the throne,? she told the New York Times in 1986. ?She helped her husband out. Mother always knew best, too.? Spoken like a real-life good wife, good mother and do-gooder. But Jane was also a career woman, embodying an ideal of feminine grace and pluck that may seem antique today but was a beacon for her age. She was a great lady, a terrific person. And I?d say that even if I thought that, if I did, Jane would reach out from...
...best in the leadership and scholarship of a modern university.”At Fletcher’s request, Harvard removed the suffix “Jr.” a few years ago in order to honor Fletcher’s father, who along with his mother, sent their three sons to the University.Gates serves as chairman of the selection committee of the Alphonse Fletcher Sr. Fellowship Program, which is administratively supported by the Du Bois Institute.Cornel R. West ’74, who left Harvard for Princeton University after a much publicized squabble with former University President Lawrence...