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...Instead, we should be a nation that cultivates knowledge and the paradigm of efficient use of intellectual resources. We should culture and house the world’s bright young minds, not merely process them. To maintain a policy that ignores the United States’ history of intellectual pursuit and covets jobs for its citizens is regressive, and will ultimately prove detrimental to those it sets out to protect...
Though they have varied attitudes about what their careers will entail, Kubik, Villa, Topay and McCoy all envision themselves as future analysts or associates. Their common pursuit of recruiting highlights the fact these jobs appeal to a wide variety of students and mindsets, not unlike the liberal arts education provided in Harvard Yard...
Among the characteristics the corps seeks in applicants, according to its promotional materials, are “demonstrated past achievement,” “desire to work relentlessly in pursuit of our mission,” and “strong critical thinking skills...
...higher education—many of which stem all the way back to early childhood learning—in order to ensure the United States’s continued academic success. In fact, other parts of the department’s report chart out commendable efforts in the pursuit of educational accessibility and availability. It’s unfortunate that these come nestled in amongst the commission’s bureaucratic miasma that reads more like a corporate annual report than a genuine educational strategy...
...Pyongyang clearly wants the international community to believe that it is prepared to dramatically raise the stakes now in pursuit of a "grand bargain" agreement with the U.S. All the diplomatic players have adopted familiar responses, with Japan threatening harsh responses to a nuclear test and Russia and China calling for restraint and diplomacy. Hawks in the U.S. policy debate will say the new threat is a sign that sanctions are effective and are hurting the regime; doves will warn that escalating pressure will simply provoke the North Koreans into crossing the nuclear Rubicon...