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...Virginia Assistant Professor of Science Education Robert H. Tai, presented their findings on Feb. 17 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in St. Louis. According to Sadler, the recent findings—which are not yet published—are a portion of a larger ongoing study.The study—which included 500 students who had taken AP exams—found that their grades were not significantly different from those of students who had not taken the advanced courses previously, Sadler said.Students who bypass the introductory level courses with AP scores eventually...
...also took History of Science 97a with Buck, wrote in an e-mail that Professor Buck is “as personable as professors at Harvard come. He gave every lecture with a smile.” Buck said that he plans to spend a large portion of his retirement writing books at a house in the Berkshires that he and his wife bought a few years ago. “I have one book [about small hospitals] that I started writing 20 years ago,” Buck said. “I really do have ambitions...
...just the opposite. During his resignation speech yesterday, Summers talked about his vision and his initiatives continuing, even if he himself relinquished the helm. That seems like a fair plan, save for one question: Can anyone besides Larry Summers get it done?My guess is yes. A good portion of the Faculty’s grievances are purely personal, not intellectual. Humanities professors may gripe about Harvard’s investment in science, but they gripe more about the power, independence, and above all, stature, they seemed to have lost in the past five years. A new president who honors...
...Portion of home buyers who are single women, up from...
...Portion of Americans who report being "very happy" 45% Portion of Republicans who say they're "very happy," versus 30% of Democrats...