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...most striking transformation is of Tercentenary theatre, in particular the courtyard of Sever Hall. The earlier pictures are barren and ghostly, and emphasize Sever’s gothicisms. It is the Caspar Friedrich David the Fogg never had. A decade later, there is a transformation. The honey locusts are robust, dappled light all streaming to the ground, ready for a cluster of students for an admissions catalogue...

Author: By Sahil K. Mahtani | Title: Pass The Shears, Please | 12/14/2007 | See Source »

...looking at rich, robust, inside information, it's going to be the U.K., the U.S., Australia. If you're looking at places where you can get spontaneous, rapid feedback, Brazil is an excellent place for that. There's a willingness to try stuff. And that's what makes it a little more interesting and exciting. So I can make good money and have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Credit Cards and Spendthrifts | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...decided to opt out of the rankings this summer. And in September, a conference at Yale sponsored by the non-profit group The Education Conservancy led to the “Beyond Ranking” campaign, an effort by college and university leaders to develop a “robust, nuanced, and educationally sound web-based system of information, guidance, and interactive tools—one that puts the educational needs of students center stage and restores educational integrity to college admissions.”While the available descriptions of the Beyond Ranking campaign leaves some important questions...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Unrank Harvard | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

...it’s important for us to provide such information.” Thacker, a former high school guidance counselor, said witnessing the suffering of applicants motivated him to seek an alternative to the existing system. Thacker’s project aims to provide “robust information and self-diagnostic tools” for students to select colleges. He wants to create a non-profit mechanism that is “free and open to all”—a project that he said necessitates cooperation with educational leaders. “Ranking itself implies...

Author: By Yiming He, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard May Endorse Alternate Rankings | 12/7/2007 | See Source »

...faith's worshippers to withdraw from a multicultural society. Malaysia's economy is being challenged by regional competitors, with many questioning the future of the affirmative-action scheme that has served as the country's financial bedrock. At the same time, a nation that once prided itself on its robust institutions is finding these foundations eroding. Little wonder, then, that up to a million Malaysians, mostly the white-collar talent needed to keep the economy humming, have simply abandoned the country since independence; by the government's own estimate, 70,000 Malaysians, the majority ethnic Chinese, have renounced their citizenship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Identity Crisis | 11/28/2007 | See Source »

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