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...crowd then discussed a variety of issues, including the placement process, the workload, and student reform movements themselves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Forum Aims At One Ls | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...hard to reject, prima facie, the reasons Harvard gave for discarding the program. Fiscal squeezes are the rule these days around the University, after all, and there is no reason to sink extra money into job placement, worthy as it is, before more fundamental tasks--from scholarships to junior faculty salaries. Moreover, with the perennially tight academic job market showing signs of opening up after two decades, it may well be a good time to reevaluate Harvard's approach to career placement for graduate students. Harvard officials promise, finally, to explore other ways to help Ph.D.'s enter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lessons From A Lost Option | 9/21/1983 | See Source »

Given this track record, Harvard officials will be under extra pressure to make good on their pledge to come up with imaginative new ways to help Ph.D.'s get jobs. Kenneth Langer, a GSAS official, says placement issues are at the top of the agenda this year for the Graduate Student Council. But the one suggestion tossed out thus far--holding more seminars on alternative careers--hardly seems an adequate replacement for the high-powered assistance supplied by the discarded retooling program...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lessons From A Lost Option | 9/21/1983 | See Source »

DiBerardinas said that Harvard has tried to reduce the glare by increasing room lighting or moving terminals away from a windows. To alleviate the placement problems, he has recommended that the VDT's be located at a specific distance from the user's eyes, so that his forearms are parallel to the floor DeBerardinas also suggested occasional breaks in the workday...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Two Workplace Problems Get University Attention | 8/2/1983 | See Source »

Once admissions officers have compiled each applicant's folder, including high school records, standardized tests, and Advanced Placement scores, teacher and alumni recommendations, and the student's own essays, they begin reviewing the applicants in committees...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: From Womb to Tomb | 7/15/1983 | See Source »

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