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...Schoenfeld, Porter asked the class’s head teaching fellow to appeal to the Registrar’s office to resolve the issue. The Registrar is in charge of setting exam dates, which are based on the time a class takes place. Because “The American Presidency?? runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., it falls into two exam groups. The change in date was a function of placing the class in the 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. exam group instead of the 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. exam group, where...
...Initiative was conceived. Above all, Summers restored the University’s focus on the undergraduate community, a major shift in culture and policy that continues to benefit undergraduates today. It would be a mistake to allow all that Summers achieved for Harvard to be diminished by his presidency??s comparatively short duration or a few ill-advised remarks he delivered at a single conference.More importantly, it is precisely Summers’s style of intellectual provocation that is needed in Washington today. The U.S. needs somebody at the helm of its economic policy who will...
...Throughout the campaign, the Republican ticket has demonstrated the divisive, religiously motivated tactics that have characterized the Bush presidency??hardly an encouraging precedent. During the presidential and vice presidential debates, both GOP candidates expressed their skepticism about Roe v. Wade and the importance of women’s health and reproductive choice. Governor Palin remains dogmatic in defining “pro-life” to prohibit all abortions, even in the case of rape, incest, or medical necessity; and Senator McCain openly mocked the question of a mother’s health during the presidential campaign...
...awards. The winner will be announced next month in New York City. Faust’s sixth book takes on how Americans managed and understood death during the Civil War, her area of scholarly expertise. Published early last year—just months after Faust assumed the Harvard presidency??the book garnered largely positive reviews and impressive sales for a historical work. In its first five months in print, Faust’s book sold close to 40,000 copies according to data from Nielsen BookScan. Her most high-profile book before this year—Mothers...
...Faust will lead a group of administrators and faculty to the East Asian country for an international Harvard Alumni Association conference, held annually in a different foreign city. Faust said yesterday that the trip—which has been in the works since before her appointment to the presidency??comes at a time when all of Harvard’s schools are expanding their ties with the region. “China is obviously growing rapidly and expanding into higher education rapidly,” said Faust, who will receive an honorary degree from Peking University during...