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Student satisfaction surveys that show Harvard undergraduates are generally unhappy with several aspects of their experience, and these surveys should not be taken lightly. The changes of the last few years—improved peer advising systems, new social spaces, and a more student-focused College administration—have only begun to bring the College up to speed with its competitors. Current students find themselves trapped within a dying core curriculum, with no clear guidance of how to navigate the changes currently underway. There is still no student center. Undergraduate advising leaves much to be desired. And, perhaps most...
...year span involving more than 18,500 women, Harvard School of Public Health researchers found that women who took six or more multivitamin tablets a week reduced their incidence of ovulatory infertility by 40 percent. “Since these findings are preliminary, it is important that they undergo peer review (currently underway) so that the medical and scientific communities have a chance to scrutinize the study more closely and decide about their relevance,” Jorge E. Chavarro, a research fellow in the Department of Nutrition and an author of the study, wrote in an e-mail. Chavarro?...
...leaders have their hands in the till, which chokes off investment and enterprise on which development depends. Foreign aid donors have been trying to tackle this problem in the way they administer (and deny) grants, with some success, and African leaders have started a "peer review" system to compare notes, but both efforts are constrained by diplomatic proprieties. Ibrahim, who says he's been thinking for years about what he could do to help the continent that made him rich, knows his private money has the freedom to make a few waves. And while his prize has guaranteed...
...decade and a new millennium, and yet another wall is crumbling—this time, not between countries, but in the domain of scientific research.New Internet-based journals are challenging the status quo by publishing works that have not yet passed the usual, rigorous peer-review system, giving any cyber-citizen the power to appraise many novel scientific inquiries. And it’s all too easy to underestimate the potential for science this experiment brings.The hermetic process of traditional peer-review does little to facilitate free intellectual dissemination. Scientific manuscripts are typically reviewed by a small number of anonymous...
...billion as a nest egg at the dean’s discretion—hardly enough to cover an annual $75 million deficit. Cutting funding for the College’s recent student-focused initiatives, however, would be unwise. From renovations of student space to increased investment in peer advising, students have secured big gains in recent years. But that depends entirely on the continued flow of cash. For example, the wages of a dean of advising, a fun czar, and 180 peer advisors are not trivial costs, but they must not be cut. Knowles, the next president...