Word: rigorousness
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...book “The Shape of the River” that Bok co-wrote with former Princeton University president William G. Bowen, Bok presents some factors that could be responsible for the supposed decline in expected academic performance.The book suggests that pre-college influences such as the rigor of a student’s educational background and his or her family and socioeconomic situation can explain the disparity in performance between races.“In general, black students are more likely than white students to come from educational backgrounds that will not adequately prepare them for the challenges...
...traces his lifelong skepticism back to his realization that theories that are not built with scientific rigor are essentially intellectual “fads...
...tell me your brilliant thought and I’ll tell you mine, then I have another class or extracurricular to go to so off I go.”However, professors say the more laid back atmosphere of the extension school is not necessarily reflective of the academic rigor of the classes.Robert H. Neugeboren, a lecturer on Social Studies who has taught Economics 1050: “Strategy, Conflict, and Cooperation” at the College and its extension school counterpart of the same name, Economics E-1040, says that there is very little difference in the structure...
...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...