Word: rigor
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...faculty members will be able to do meaningful work earlier in the semester. Once the term begins, students will still be able to make changes to their course selections, but will do so with the benefit of more information about a course’s content, pace and rigor...
...reputation for clarity was matched only by his reputation for rigor...
...drive changed the face of TV news and sports; of complications from cancer; in New York City. Joining ABC Sports as a producer in 1960 and rising to head of the division, he introduced instant replay and slow motion, infused ABC's Olympics coverage with human drama and journalistic rigor, and made Howard Cosell and Monday Night Football national obsessions. Traditionalists were alarmed when the sports guy was named president of ABC News in 1977. But he made the No. 3 news network a competitive force for the first time, paying Hollywood salaries to newscasters like Diane Sawyer and Barbara...
Some of the Kuumba members reportedly stayed for the lecture in order to talk with Vaux afterwards. I wonder whether they paid attention during the lecture. If they had, they would have seen Vaux treat the dialect with respect, seriousness and academic rigor. One Kuumba member’s belief is that the comment was, “really detrimental to the work a lot of members of Kuumba are trying to do in erasing misperceptions about what black culture and diversity are.” On the contrary, Vaux’s lecture supports their stated goal. The quotation...
...leading university, Harvard must continue to be very protective of its name and academics. The University should move cautiously when creating and expanding existing programs into the hybrid format in order to guarantee that all these programs are held to the same intellectual rigor and high standards of current on-campus programs. Fortunately, accompanying this recent change, the University has indicated its intention to move cautiously when expanding distance learning...