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That mark was reached in November 1998. A large portion of the funds has gone towards endowing 12 professorships, and the Jerome T. Murphy chair will be the 13th...
...Test is an adept criticism of America's current educational philosophy--a cultural obsession with "making it," symbolized by the intensely scrutinized SAT. But the SAT is only a portion of "the big test" of Lemann's title. In his book, Lemann argues convincingly that the academic elitism of the American meritocracy, structured by its system of higher education, never lived up to its morally defensible Jeffersonian ideal of educating an intellectual few who would serve and advance the national community. Rather, the current system of selection for higher education based on the related criteria of academic performance, scholastic aptitude...
There are also traditions of sustained activities involving a significant portion of House residents, like an Evening with Champions, Eliot House's annual figure skating benefit for the Jimmy Fund. If, as many claim, student organizations have replaced Houses as the primary student communities, House-based student organizations might be the best of both worlds...
Some traditions, like the Eliot House Evening with Champions, sustain House community amid randomization. To the extent that the Administration and House Masters can support such traditions--extended activities involving a large portion of residents--they should...
...addition, he said "there needs to be an organized effort to persuade, convince and attract a larger portion of the entrepreneurs [coming out of universities in the area] to stay here...