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...Professors from various disciplines have begun to make suggestions for revision. In the Economics Department, according to Chair and Professor James H. Stock, faculty members believe the report overlooks the importance of their field in general education, In place of structured requirements, Stock said, he would prefer to see distribution requirements or even no requirements at all. “I trust Harvard students to make good decisions, and I think we should give them the freedom to do so,” he said. Professor of German Peter J. Burgard said he found the “Reason...
Kohlberg, Harvard’s licensing chief, says his office would prefer companies to allow access to developing countries when negotiating licenses. But according to Kohlberg, the University often finds itself stuck between two unappealing prospects—either ivory tower innovations will never reach consumers, or Harvard will be bound by strict licensing agreements that prevent developing-world customers from buying medicines cheaply...
Another deterrent is India's lack of a big-time pro league. "My dad would prefer that we study," says Divya Singh, 24, who plays on the national team with four of her sisters. "What's the point of spending all your time playing basketball if you can't get a job?" Corporate and government-sponsored teams often give players clerical jobs. Singh, for example, files and answers phones for MTM Telecom. Players earn benchwarmer salaries: Singh makes about $3,500 a year, and male players earn about $4,800, far less than the $15,000 for an entry-level...
...Another deterrent is India's lack of a big-time pro league. "My dad would prefer that we study," says Divya Singh, 24, who plays on the national team with four of her sisters. "What's the point of spending all your time playing basketball if you can't get a job?" Corporate and government-sponsored teams often give players clerical jobs. Singh, for example, files and answers phones for MTM Telecom. Players earn benchwarmer salaries: Singh makes about $3,500 a year, and male players earn about $4,800, far less than the $15,000 for an entry-level...
...would be wrong to write off the Free Staters entirely, though. Those who have moved have been putting on a display of rambunctious, representative democracy. Some prefer civil disobedience and street demonstrations: one was recently arrested at a local IRS office handing out pamphlets that said, "Hitler had a revenue service too." Although the Free State Project doesn't endorse political candidates, some members have been making competitive runs for local office, including some staunch home-schooling advocates who have been elected to local school boards. With one state legislator for every 3,000 or so citizens (the best ratio...