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...York University professor Tony Judt, who wrote a New York Times op-ed supporting the pair shortly after their article appeared, said in an interview yesterday that the professors?? work has forced a discussion of the Israeli lobby’s influence, a previously taboo topic...
...Harvard Yard remains the center of campus for undergraduates, the Allston campus and Houses will be little more than a satellite, much like the Quad. Integrating the Allston and Cambridge campuses will require students to cross the river on a regular basis. The Allston Houses, athletic facilities, professors?? labs and office hours, and performing arts centers will play an important role in bringing over certain segments of the undergraduate population...
...economics department scored a hat-trick of sorts last week when three of its professors??Roland G. Fryer Jr., Pol Antras, and Aleh Tsyvinski—were awarded the prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship for young scholars. Economics, which could only nominate three faculty members for the two-year, $45,000 award, is home to half of Harvard’s Sloan fellows this year. Two neuroscientists and a physicist round out the Harvard portion of the 116 names on the 2007 Sloan fellow roster. Fryer, an associate professor, couldn’t contain his excitement when asked about...
...enchanting as the university’s ancient spires may seem, Oxford’s outdated academic system is far less charming. The university’s trimester system means students are out of school more than in. In contrast to Harvard professors?? regular office hours, Oxford advisors spend more time avoiding emails than supervising students. Here, where D.Phil. students struggle to have supervisors read their dissertations before submission, poor supervision is the rule, not the exception...
Teaching may be given “major and equal weight” with research in professors?? annual salary calculations if the Faculty of Arts and Sciences follows the recommendations of a new report on teaching released to professors last week.In a document that gives voice to frustrated professors who believe that Harvard marginalizes or ignores good instruction, the Task Force on Teaching and Career Development proposed a swath of concrete measures to change Harvard’s teaching culture. The recommendations include more documentation of teaching ability during hiring and promotions, more funding from the FAS administration...