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...recently began attending the University of Oxford. What are you studying? I'm developing tools for teaching civics in American schools. The fact that we've given that up is a pretty good clue that we're either neurotic or suicidal as a nation...
...Open Market Committee, and a hard-landing to the Chinese economy could be problematic for the world’s ‘stable disequilibrium.’ He also said that the US housing market poses a significant risk. El-Erian, who holds a doctorate in economics from Oxford University, joined HMC in mid-February from Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) after having served as a senior official at the International Monetary Fund and as head of emerging market research at Salomon Smith Barney/Citibank. El-Erian said that many people had trouble understanding his decision to leave PIMCO, where...
...scholar of European political thought, Harvard turned to Europe for Michael E. Rosen, who will be joining the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as professor of government on July 1. Currently a fellow and tutor in Lincoln College at Oxford University, Rosen’s work bridges continental philosophy and political theory. He is also interested in analytical political theory and the history of political thought—boosting what is presently a small field in the department, according to Government Chair Nancy L. Rosenblum ’69. “We are in need of senior scholars...
...Harvard Computer Society and the International Relations Council, which are both seeking storage space for servers, McLoughlin proposed using the Science Center machine room or 60 Oxford St., which now houses the University Information System and the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences. According to McLoughlin, both spaces would have the necessary climate conditions and security precautions for computer storage...
Harvard’s educational framework descended from the days when Oxford and Cambridge certified the British aristocracy for lives of inherited wealth. A real curricular review in today’s socio-economically diverse and distinctively American Harvard would have encouraged students to achieve their best rather than enjoy dumbed-down requirements. In the classroom as on the field, Harvard should find pride rather than shame in students’ ambition for expertise, and should shape rather than suppress their competitive spirit...