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...right to be furious with Harvard College. We pay a staggering sum for what is supposed to be the best college education in the country. But the shortage of faculty and graduate-student section leaders has led the administration to look the other way on the practice of peer undergraduate teaching and grading--routinely in more quantitative disciplines such as computer science and sometimes even in the Core. How can we be getting our money's worth if our classmates are allowed to teach us and evaluate our work...
...This year's increase is lower than nearly all of the tuition increases that I have seen from our peer institutions," Jeremy R. Knowles, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, said when he announced the tuition growth rate in late February this year...
...cites the interdependency of sea and land. The redwoods in the region not only collect the moisture that comes to them as fog, but they also create a suitable habitat for other life. "Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss," she says. "If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss, you'll see toads, small insects, a whole host of life that prospers in that miniature environment. A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city...
...Little Instruction Book" begins to pop back to life, sweetly reminding me: "Now, if everybody thought that way, where would you be? Probably out of a lot of financial aid, young lady." And if my kindergarten teacher-esque conscience doesn't force my checkbook open, I'm sure that peer pressure will...
Harvard Radcliffe Callbacks; Radcliffe Rugby; Harvard Snowboarding Club; Kuumba Singers; Peer Counseling...