Word: rigor
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...physics” were instrumental in driving and deepening his learning. “I went to the same courses with them and I tried to keep up with them,” he said, adding that learning from them “gave me the penchant for rigor and precision in science...
...where people really know what the school stands for.” “It’s a beginning point for laying a deeper foundation that gets us focused,” he says.Saheed says that he thinks focusing on three aspects—boosting rigor, personalizing education, and improving the school’s climate—will engage both students and teachers in achieving a higher level of academic achievement. “My sense is that when people feel good about their membership in an organization, that permits them to do their best work...
...comes on the heel of DRCLAS’s prodigious efforts in expanding study abroad opportunities for undergraduates, which currently include programs in Argentina and Chile. Harvard-administered study abroad programs have the added benefit of attracting students who might be otherwise suspicious of a program’s rigor. DRCLAS, along with the Office of International Programs, should continue to expand its own study abroad programs. We hope that Harvard’s program in Cuba will last beyond this semester, but in the mean time, we are thankful for the present opportunity...
...Faculty needs to approach teaching with the same rigor that it approaches research, Knowles wrote in an e-mail...
...That's already happening in India, where new tycoons are beginning to practice Western-style philanthro-capitalism, investing money to alleviate pervasive social problems with the same rigor they apply to their businesses?and with the same insistence on measurable results. For example, the Azim Premji Foundation, funded by the billionaire head of Bangalore-based software company Wipro, is helping to reform India's education sector by implementing on-the-ground assessments of the effectiveness of teaching programs at thousands of schools in the country's Karnataka state. It's no coincidence that many of India's most innovative philanthropists...