Word: peering
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Harvard also received first place rankings in the exclusively peer-reviewed Political Science and English categories...
Maybe it's part of growing up as a doctor - to put away childish notions like "pure academics." Or, perhaps, we should be reassured by the peer-review process, which all the papers must undergo: papers get chosen for publication only after impartial, third-party doctors have read and vetted them. The vast majority of the time this is pretty good proof that researchers aren't just company shills. But that mandatory confessional is still required in print, stark like the warning on a pack of cigarettes: "This guy is taking money from a company so take what he says...
While the majority of the schools that require the SAT II are members of a selective elite, some peer schools, including Yale, accept the ACT in lieu of both the SAT I and SAT II tests...
...lack of words as a good sign.“Pull up here and make a right.” That sounded familiar. I pulled up to a red stoplight, with my blinker on, looked to see if anyone was coming, and flawlessly turned right. I tried to peer out of the corner of my eye to see DMV guy’s face. I knew he’d be impressed.“Okay, you can stop here.”No. NO! The test wasn’t over yet. Or maybe my turn was so perfect...
...Other panelists identified ways to help combat this gap. “There is no standard way to fix it,” said former Johnson & Johnson Worldwide Vice President Cedric Jones. Jones praised schools’ willingness to try new and different methods of addressing the problem, including peer mentor programs and parent advocacy groups. HKS student Joshua Garriga added that providing decent jobs, encouraging integrity in children, and focusing on education would help close the gap. But HBS professor David A. Thomas offered a caveat to students who may become discouraged after trying to recruit people to help...