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...minds of young and eager learners. In total, 125 students this year enrolled in Yale’s program, accounting for about one-ninth of the freshmen class.In terms of rigor, subject matter, and the level of student enthusiasm, Russell’s seminar portends what a larger, opt-in Great Books program could be. Sadly, so long as Great Books at Harvard is a cross borne by a solitary Armenian Studies professor, it can never accommodate the hundreds of students who are eager to take such courses. That can only be achieved by a well-articulated, top-down initiative...
...spike in response rates in the final days that evaluations were open. To encourage greater participation in evaluations, Kane said he supports shifting to a Yale-style evaluation process, where students cannot view course grades until they have completed evaluations, either by offering feedback or choosing an opt-out feature. If Harvard were to imitate Yale’s system, evaluations would remain open until the beginning of second semester. “The CUE guide can really only be as good as the response rate,” Kane said. Kane expressed the satisfaction of the Committee on Undergraduate...
...laundering campaign cash could lead to an indictment. Karl Rove lost some sleep over Patrick Fitzgerald. The President's argument that he didn't authorize torture but that he would veto any law that forbade it tanked so badly in the Congress that he had to capitulate and co-opt the McCain anti-torture amendment in full...
Equal Exchange can also boast that it started a trend. About 450 coffee importers opt to pay above-market rates for certain beans and then sell the product as premium coffee in 45,000 stores nationwide with Fair Trade certification, an independent audit from TransFair USA. The Fair Trade sector accounts for just 2% of the $22 billion domestic retail coffee market. But the industry is striving to keep up with rising public expectations for the way the brew comes to market...
...again in the early 1980s. But his truth-telling cost him dearly. He lived 22 of his 80 years (1957-1979) in domestic exile, and another 17 years (1988-2005) in forced exile abroad. Chinese leaders ignored his requests to come home during his waning years. Why did he opt for such a life? In a 1979 speech, Liu said, "I have awoken to a hard fact: in today's China, if one speaks or writes and does not incur somebody's opposition, one might as well not have spoken or written at all. The only alternative is to cower...