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...lines. Presenting students with material in an interdisciplinary manner that integrates multiple perspectives, ways of thinking, and tools will prepare students both for life after college and for the contemporary academy, in which these departmental lines are fading.That being said, the specific proposals of the report are far from perfect, and we have several concerns. For starters, we are fearful that this proposal may lead to the second incarnation of the Core. One problem with the Core is that it offers classes that are too narrow. Despite the grandiose language about broad courses in the report, there need...
...point to advances such as Grigori Perelman’s recent proof of the Poincaré conjecture, which was posted online instead of submitted to a journal, fail to realize that such instances are the exception rather than the rule. True, the traditional peer review process is not perfect. It delays the flow of information, can sometimes be biased, and often unduly prioritizes the work of established, famous scientists over the work of lesser-known researchers. But it is far better than the alternative...
...current situation in Hungary is important. Not because its rioting will prove a “spark” that will lead to some sort of generalized European civil disorder a la 1848, or even because Hungary itself is that critical of a place, but because it is a perfect illustration of the dangers of shortsighted political leadership. Prime Minister Gyurcsány seems hell-bent on staying in power despite losing 18 of 19 counties and 15 of 23 cities in the just-completed local elections, and despite President Laszlo Solyom’s public, and not very veiled...
Prepared Table Charter School in Houston seemed like the perfect solution for at-risk youths. Long under the country's microscope for subpar public schools, Texas embraced the concept of using taxpayer money to set up these specialty schools, or charters, as a means of overhauling a struggling state educational system...
...billed in advance of his call to the Paris crowd as possibly the next Barack Obama) who is trying to unseat Mark Kirk, the three-term Republican representative from Illinois' 10th Congressional District, in the city's tony North Shore suburbs. To the Americans in Europe, Seals was pitch-perfect, insisting that "Rumsfeld needs to go" and saying that it was time to overhaul energy policies, since "we are putting billions of tax dollars into supporting the oil companies...