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...programs sparked interest in starting a similar initiative in Cambridge and surrounding cities. Earlier this year, Harvard launched a program similar to the Cambridge Alert Network called Message Me through Omnilert, a company that provides the same services as Citizen Observer. Although Message Me has seen a 60 percent involvement rate in the Harvard community, college officials have not made sign-up mandatory. Likewise, despite the good response from the Boston population, the city did not make participation in their own safety programs mandatory. On the other hand, Boston University (BU) first started its alert program, also through Omnilert...
...than-stellar doctoral completion rates, discussing ways to improve student retention, communication, and mentorship. But at Harvard, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) students fare “a lot better” than those at other universities, according to former GSAS Dean Theda Skocpol. Only about 57 percent of the nation’s graduate students complete their Ph.D.’s within 10 years, though graduation rates in different disciplines vary greatly, according to a study released by the Council of Graduate Schools, the workshop’s co-sponsor. “It is certainly...
...assume Taiwan’s top executive office in the wake of his victory in the country’s recent presidential elections. Ma, a 1981 HLS alumnus and the former mayor of Taipei City, won Taiwan’s March 22 election by a 17 percent margin. His party, considered more favorable to a rapprochement with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) than the rival Democratic Progressive Party, will face challenges in reestablishing relations with the Mainland. HLS professor and Director of East Asian Legal Studies William P. Alford, who met Ma when the two were...
Like Harvard, which announced a record low admissions rate of 7.1 percent on Monday, other prestigious colleges saw more competitive admissions processes this year than in the past. Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Stanford, and Yale were among the schools that had their lowest admit rate on record this year. Yale admitted 1,892 of its 22,813 applicants—a rate of 8.3 percent, down from 9.5 percent for the class of 2011. Columbia College admitted 8.7 percent, Stanford University 9.5 percent, and Dartmouth College 13.2 percent. The change was not confined to Ivy League schools and Stanford. Other...
...your scholarly work,” Kronman said. Kronman’s opinions were strongly opposed by all of the questioners. English Professor James Engell said that students today may no longer be seeking the same end result to their educations. “Thirty years ago 80 percent of students wanted to get a philosophy of life, compared to only 20 percent today,” Engell said. “Today, the reason given by most students is to be well-off financially.” Director of the Humanities Center Homi K. Bhabha disagreed with Kronman that...