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...even unruliness. This lies at the heart of their accountability to the future. Education, research, teaching are always about change – transforming individuals as they learn, transforming the world as our inquiries alter our understanding of it, transforming societies as we see our knowledge translated into policies??policies like those being developed at Harvard to prevent unfair lending practices, or to increase affordable housing or avert nuclear proliferation—or translated into therapies, like those our researchers have designed to treat macular degeneration or to combat anthrax. The expansion of knowledge means change. But change...
...federal lawsuit that cost the University $26 million and was one of the biggest single factors in University President Lawrence H. Summers’ downfall last year. In October, Shleifer lost his endowed chair, but not his tenure. A Faculty-led investigation apparently concluded that he violated University policies??Shleifer had been advising the government under the auspices of the Harvard Institute for International Development...
...Nevertheless, despite such lingering, misguided policies??and problems still unaddressed, like global warming—we’ve made more progress in the last century than in the previous two million years. Until the 1700s, mortality rates were static, population growth was slow, and unmitigated poverty was the norm, but since then, we’ve enjoyed a spectacular improvement in humanity’s general well-being. Worldwide life expectancy has spiked from 31 to over 67 since 1990, while global average annual income has tripled since 1950, and the number of people living in extreme...
Instead, Hernandez said, the paper carefully makes sure that individual reporters and editors are not covering organizations and events they’re involved in. Some departments have particularly stringent policies??the Arts section won’t allow anyone who has even tried out for a show in the past year to review theater. Such a policy is sensible and perhaps adequate when Crimson editors only have loose connections with other student groups...
...response to the requests contained in the petition entitled “Stand for Security”, we are very pleased to reaffirm our ongoing commitment to the principles and implementing recommendations set forth in the Harvard Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies?? (the Committee) final report issued on December 19, 2001. In so doing, the University endorses the carefully considered findings of a committee of eleven faculty members, four students, three union representatives, and two administrators charged with reviewing concerns similar to those raised in your petition. As in 2001, we believe the Committee?...