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...Last year, the New York Times reported that Harvard was lowering academic standards to unacceptable levels for student athletes and potentially violating NCAA rules in its recruiting, accusing Amaker of improper contact with one recruit in a grocery store and an assistant coach of recruiting a player prior to being officially hired by the school. These claims, minor violations if they had been true, were rejected by the Ivy League after an investigation...
...Cohort known as Gen Y, born between 1978 and 1990 and now flooding into the workplace, "will be more difficult to recruit, retain, motivate, and manage than any other new generation." Why? Raised by once rebellious boomers attempting to be perfect parents, Gen Yers have been coddled since birth, says the author. But given the right structure and boundaries, he says, including "specific deadlines with measurable benchmarks along the way," Gen Y will be "the most high-performing workforce in history for those who know how to manage them properly...
Finally, sit down with our military correspondent Mark Thompson's moving and powerful piece about the hard life of Army recruiters. Their job is one of the most stressful in the military: the number of recruiters who killed themselves last year was triple the overall Army rate. Mark details the tragic suicides of four members of a Texas battalion--men who had fought and survived the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq but were unable to handle the often brutal and unnecessary requirements of being a recruiter here at home. Mark's story is a morality tale about another hidden cost...
...time.”Signs of good things to come became apparent when Jones, in his first collegiate game against Springfield, accounted for seven kills and five digs. And while the promise of playing time drew Jones to the Crimson in the first place, the unexpected departure of prized recruit Nikola Ivica pushed the freshman further into the limelight and on to the front lines of a depleted team roster.Always the opportunist, Jones quickly relished his elevated role. “It doesn’t really matter to me where I play,” Jones says...
...order to facilitate “casual yet meaningful” exchanges between undergraduates and faculty members. Also set to receive a facelift is the role of resident tutors in academic and social life. The report notes that tutors are often responsible for heavy workloads and recommends that tutors recruit upperclassmen to “augment the programmatic roles of Specialty Tutors,” such as those of the sexuality and race relations liaisons. Still on the menu for house renewal is the exploration of late-night dining options, including the possibility of remodeled student grilles and an unspecified...