Word: scholarships
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...levels Branch's scholarship reveals a nation whose unexamined ideals are about to collide with unanticipated realities. In his upcoming final installment of America in the King Years, Branch faces the challenge of resolving dissonances with a unifying fugue. Until then, be grateful for two-thirds of a monument...
...guide was written not by publicists but by editors of this company, which has almost 20 years' experience in creating classroom materials. It was designed as a supplement to--not a substitute for--the social studies curriculum. We ask students to explore the difference between historical drama and historical scholarship and include a comprehensive bibliography. The response from educators has been overwhelmingly positive. DOMINIC KINSLEY, Editor in Chief Lifetime Learning Systems Stamford, Conn...
Under Harvard's present system, tenure decisions are consigned to ad hoc committees of experts from outside the University. This archaic process excludes innovative scholarship, devalues teaching skills and drives young talent to other schools....Rudenstine should consider installing a tenure track. At the very least, he should abolish the ad hocs...
...administrative changes are not enough...a fundamental revolution in attitude [is needed]. Bok has formally vetoed or informally discouraged the tenure applications of several popular professors, especially in non-traditional fields of scholarship...
While at Princeton, Rudenstine earned a reputation for being receptive to unconventional scholarship....Since his appointment, he has repeatedly emphasized the importance of attracting minorities into academia. He has announced his commitment to bolstering undergraduate education at Harvard....He has discussed the importance of University unity, the need for an overall educational mission, his aversion to absolute administrative decentralization. He plans to appoint a provost...for coordinating Harvard's atomized parts...