Word: ought
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...There is of course some good in this, and the common-sense proposals to teach American history and public speaking should be cheered. But for those who think education ought to be about more than civics, their ideas are disappointing...
...Unfortunately, the task force seems to have forgotten that education is about more than just amassing useful facts. While facts will help students be successful and participate in democracy, a truly liberal education ought to address deeper questions. In that sense, the task force’s real-world citizenship rationale only goes so far. It does not provoke us to think deeply about why we ought to be good citizens, parents, lawyers, artists, or, for that matter, anything...
...Harvard education, however, can and should be so much more than pragmatic. At its core, a liberal arts education ought to ask the why questions that lie buried at the heart of a university, giving direction and purpose to the human quest for knowledge. The original report nodded in this direction by noting that many Harvard students are religious, and often struggle to sort out what they believe. The task force’s latest idea—a vaguely-stated “what it means to be a human being” requirement—seems...
...current two-committee framework. It does not need to bring back the CLC, nor does it need another third arm such as an "Outreach and Services Committee"—an idea which was proposed and rejected last spring. We do not know precisely how the UC ought to handle soliciting and selecting bids from third parties. It could be done by the UC’s Finance Committee (FiCom), or by a FiCom subcommittee, or by the president and vice president themselves. It is up to the UC’s newly elected leaders, Ryan A. Petersen...
...upends normal notions of banking. "Conventional banks look for the rich; we look for the absolutely poor," he said. "All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out." In his Nobel speech, Yunus made clear his belief that access to credit ought to be a basic human right, and advocated the acceptance of "social businesses"-organizations that are self-sustaining but not profit maximizing. "I support globalization ... but it must be the right kind of globalization," he said. "The rule of 'strongest takes all' must be replaced by rules that ensure the poorest have...