Word: rigor
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...Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center. According to Cloud, “After having jumped across that stage in front of thousands of people, there’s nothing that can really frighten me.”The euphoria of that first performance inspired Cloud to devote herself to rigorous technical training at Ruth Williams Dance Studio in Harlem, where she took lessons in ballet, tap, and body percussion from teachers who had danced with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Dance Theater of Harlem.While the academic rigor of her high school, Horace Mann, didn’t allow...
...final stage of a lengthy tenure process—sometimes devolve to “people yelling at each other,” one professor said. But one man ultimately holds veto power over all decisions: University President Lawrence H. Summers.Professors say Summers’ vocal involvement ensures the rigor of the tenure process overall and sets him apart from both his predecessors and his peers at other schools.“In some ways, it’s the most important thing a Harvard president does,” says Summers, who adds that he turns down roughly...
...Sleep gets sacrificed,” says section member Seth B. Blackley about the HBS lifestyle. According to Kim, section E usually has 11 80-minute classes each week, in addition to study group sessions every morning at 7:30 a.m. “Its not like the academic rigor isn’t there,” Blackley says. And indeed, U.S. News and World Report currently ranks HBS as the top business school in the country. But that does not mean that social life takes a backseat. “You learn as much outside the classroom...
...different goal—winning the title of Miss Rhode Island. Currently the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Resource Efficiency Program coordinator of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, Rogers said that her experience at Harvard helped her snag the pageant honor on April 22. Rogers credited the academic rigor at Harvard for helping her face the interview portion of the contest, during which a panel grilled her on everything from her platform to facts about her state. “Talking with so many people—both as an undergrad and what I do now?...
...enrolled high school seniors who do trial runs of the exam wouldn't be able to pass the real thing. Granted, the real test-takers have weeks or months of test prep for the GED that trial test-takers lack, but higher education has noted the rigor: 95% of community colleges and four-year colleges accept the certificate in place of a high school diploma...