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...pegged him as an action star, not a thinker. And when he went gallivanting around in camel-hair coats and Bentleys and had news of his engagement broken on Primetime Live, people figured he was full of himself. It takes only a tiny shift in perception before everything a person does can be misconstrued. Just like that, the assets Affleck had relied on became liabilities. His spirited antics began to look oafish. Instead of being witty and wry, he came across as smug. And all of it became media fodder. In the words of one movie critic (O.K., Time...
...direct effect on them?MJS: I don’t think you should worry that giving others access to distance learning will somehow dilute or devalue the college experience. Even at its best, distance learning can’t replace what goes on when students and teachers gather, in-person, in the classroom, in a lab, or around a seminar table. If it can, then something is wrong with the way we are teaching.3.FM: Who are better students: the alums or the undergrads?MJS: Alums bring experience, undergrads an openness and inquisitiveness. Teaching undegraduates is a special privelege (except when...
...much lower rebate for giving to charity. Although the amount that one can deduct is capped, this translates into the government paying for donations made by the rich. This system makes a mockery of the notion of fairness. If anything, it should be easier for a poorer person to give to charity, not harder. The charitable deduction system also leads to the problem of under-donation to charities that actually serve the poor that Reich and others have identified. Research has shown that wealthy people are four times more likely to donate to education or the arts—causes...
...21st century,” Venky said. “It will still be a part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences because we are not going to train specialized engineers. What we want to have as our focus for the undergraduates is the broadly educated person, who’s comfortable in communications, who understands the societal issues...
...liberal arts is a very good concept, but the liberal arts concept has to change with the times,” he said. “Technology is everywhere. So the liberal arts education of the 21st century has to be different. You will not be a broadly educated person if you’re not comfortable with the world of technology, and that’s the message. Engineering will be the liberal...