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...percent of professors nationwide. The study used the “US News and World Report” ranking of the top 50 doctoral universities to define elite institutions, and religious individuals were identified as anyone other than atheists or agnostics. But professors remain less spiritual than the general public??only 6.9 percent of the U.S. population identifies itself as agnostic or atheistic, according to a 2000 General Social Survey conducted by the National Opinion Research Center. Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History Karen L. King said it is not surprising that there are more atheists and agnostics among...
Imagine the public??s confusion, and outrage, if the government suddenly decided to dock 15 percent of its disbursals for an unknown purpose. Unthinkable? Not if the ‘government’ is Harvard University and the recipients are student groups. On Sep. 7, Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin announced that student groups’ donor gift accounts, which allow alumni to earmark their Harvard donations for specific student groups, will face a 15 percent tax on all withdrawals. The tax will start at 5 percent this fiscal year and rise an additional...
...people are pleased with what they hear, why should we care about how the artists live their lives? The answer is simple: Hip hop demands the public??s respect. When rappers act foolishly, they tarnish the legacy of all those who built hip hop into the dynamic and vital institution that it has become. And when they pose as gangstas, they betray the memory of the real Bronx rebels who started a movement called hip hop 30 years...
BOSTON, Mass.—His determinism is unnerving, his passions abstract, and his ability to relate to the world outside his cloistered laboratories is limited, at best. The scientist is a decidedly strange creature, or so our society seems to believe.But scientists would not agree with the public??s estimation, and they would be right not to: Our society’s conception of the scientist is warped beyond any resemblance to reality. Sitting at a lab bench in Boston, on the gray cusp between layperson and scientist, I’ve had a rare opportunity...
...true debate—the one for the School Committee and the public??is whether the speed of the improvements is adequate...