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...occasion by producing a 22-page report entitled: “The dignity of living beings with regard to plants. Moral consideration of plants for their own sake,” which went on to win the 2008 Ig Nobel Peace prize earlier this month.As expected, the report??s findings range from the silly to the surreal. The committee concludes that individual plants are excluded from “absolute ownership” because “no one may handle plants according to his/her own desires,” and that genetic modification of plants is acceptable...
This year, almost 900 first-year students at Baylor University in Texas retook their SATs. No, this was not a grading mistake. It was because Baylor wanted to boost its ranking in U.S. News and World Report??s list of “Best Colleges.” Baylor incentivized freshmen with $300 at the campus bookstore to retake their SATs and offered $1,000 a year in scholarship aid to those who raised their scores by at least 50 points. Though seemingly cavalier and unethical, programs like this are products of the bizarre and destruction nature...
...some may think about sex every six seconds, Harvard College’s administrators certainly don’t. A recently released report that gave 139 colleges each a “Sexual Health Report Card” gave Harvard only a 3.2 out of a possible 4.0. The report??which was sponsored by the makers of Trojan condoms and carried out by Sperling’s BestPlaces—graded schools on the availability and quality of sexual health resources on campus. The report evaluated the school in eleven categories—including web site, lecture...
...paid time off for new student parents. According to the report issued by the Joint Student Committee on Parental Accommodation, 50 percent of surveyed GSAS student parents saw their stipends lapse while on leave and 40 percent were unsatisfied with the childcare they were able to afford. The report??authored by members from the Graduate Student Council and Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering—surveyed 101 student parents, or approximately 40 percent of graduate student parents. The new policy is being crafted within GSAS—Brown and HGWISE member Karen M. Ruff have been...
...report specifically criticized the use of SAT scores in U.S. News & World Report??s annual college rankings. Harvard bested Princeton for the top spot in this year’s annual college rankings after either placing second or tying for first in recent years...