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...Furthermore, as higher education becomes increasingly accessible, many universities and colleges have markedly turned their attention to offering more “relevant” and “practical?? programs, according to the ever- and swiftly-changing employment markets. As college degrees proliferate, awarded in every imaginable field—from the provincial to the obscure—the relative value and meaning of each correspondingly plummets...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: Presidents and Puritans | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

...winter terms at MIT, Dartmouth, and Oberlin, the “J-term will be completely and totally optional—if students want to stay home for five weeks and do nothing, that’s a great thing.” Potential offerings Harris suggested included the practical??classes on PowerPoint; the less conventional—such as metalsmithing; and the academic—introductory Japanese or English seminars. “There needs to be a wide range of things, from demanding to less demanding,” Harris said. The question of whether...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover and Josh M. Zagorsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: UC Considers New List of J-Term Classes | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

...field] is a much easier process.” POOR PROFESSORS NO MORE Secondary fields also give students the ability to explore their interests without fear of joblessness after graduation. In more obscure fields such as Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies or Folklore and Mythology, a “practical?? secondary field such as Economics can be a very attractive option.“I know a lot of people in the music department who are joint concentrators just because it’s a very risky thing to be just [a] Music undergrad,” says...

Author: By Sharon Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Second Dimension | 2/28/2007 | See Source »

...major research projects. He has touted the program as a way to bring researchers together and allow them to undertake larger projects together than they could have alone, and he added that so far the center has been very successful in building an “intellectual and practical?? community of undergraduates, graduates, postdoctoral students and faculty...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Broad Institute Finds New Home | 8/13/2004 | See Source »

...majority of his fellow cadets repeat this sentiment. It is at once idealistic and practical??serious patriotic aspiration toward leadership and service to one’s country, coupled with a strong awareness of the private-sector marketability of an officer pedigree. Most ROTC officer candidates don’t envision a lifetime in the military...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Few Good Days With a Few Good Men (And Women) | 10/24/2002 | See Source »

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