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...tomorrow’s bright, motivated students. Instead of being saddled with Harvard’s “laboratory geniuses,” they might instead peruse the online lectures of other colleges, digest the notes of the “classroom geniuses,” and efficiently retain and comprehend information. In the short term, this form of information exchange will allow for yet another resource to supplement where the Harvard experience lacks...
Still, there's no way to escape the airport entirely. Says Joe Raudabaugh, a vice president at the consulting company A.T. Kearney, based in Plano, Texas: "No amount of technology is going to take away the need to have a relationship with my boss." One-on-one mentoring helps retain skilled employees and motivates them to work harder and smarter. You can't export company culture over the Internet. And you can't build the kind of trust and loyalty that team members need to share when they are working under a deadline 6,000 miles apart. Virtual-management consultants...
...education. In this year's budget, Levy requested $50 million to expand the program. Cities including San Jose, Calif.; Denver; Baton Rouge, La.; and Kansas City, Mo. will have fast-track programs by the end of the year. Critics say that money would be better spent on bonuses to retain teachers already on staff, a fifth of whom leave the profession after three years. But many school officials say they would rather gamble on finding talented and idealistic career switchers, before they lose them to other fields...
Summers has not said whether he will retain the office of the provost in his administration. Provosts have been relatively rare; only four have been appointed in Harvard's 365-year history. Summers has extensive experience in the administration of large organizations (notably the Treasury Department) and may not see the need for a second-in-command...
...good at it, too. The tiny lobby group Business for Sterling, of which he is campaign director, has repeatedly derailed Labour's fearsome public relations machine in its efforts to make euro membership look desirable and inevitable. Polls show that two-thirds of British voters now want to retain the pound...