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...critics, however, say that test scores are not the only measure of a school??s success. Leslie T. DiTrani, who has children who attend Cambridge public schools, said she felt that Fowler-Finn’s emphasis on scores overlooked ongoing problems, such as the under-usage of neighboring universities’ resources and the ongoing achievement gap among low-income and minority students. In 2007, there was a 30 percent difference in scores between black and white students in English, and a 37 percent difference in Math...

Author: By Cora K. Currier, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fowler-Finn Suddenly Resigns | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...concentration will be offered within the school??s one-and-a-half-year Master in Design Studies (MDesS) program...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: GSD Launches New Track | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

...academia to the renowned financial firm. “[Light] was sought out by the firm after a careful review by senior management of dozens of prospects,” said John A. Ford, a senior vice president at Blackstone. The Ohio native was selected to be the Business School??s dean in April 2006 by then-University President Lawrence H. Summers. This followed an eight-month stint as interim dean of the Business School. Light has taken on a number of different roles during his time in Cambridge, including chairman of the finance unit and director...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HBS Dean To Join Blackstone Board | 9/18/2008 | See Source »

Twenty-two Harvard seniors started the new school year on a good note this week, receiving admissions letters from Harvard Business School??s new 2+2 Program.Approximately 630 college juniors from around the world applied to the program, which requires accepted students to enter the workforce for two years, guaranteeing them a spot at the Business School afterward.Sixty-six Harvard juniors applied to the 2+2 program, which is in its inaugural year, according to MBA admissions director Deirdre C. Leopold, and the 22 Harvard seniors who were accepted were part of an admitted cohort of 106. Almost...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Seniors Get HBS ‘2+2’ Decisions | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

...been revamping its fundraising operations to emphasize cross-school gifts and support less wealthy schools such as the Harvard School of Public Health and the Divinity School. The shift has at times ruffled feathers at wealthier schools like the FAS amid concern the new priorities may lower their school??s take...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks and Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Harvard Raises Near-Record $651 Million | 9/15/2008 | See Source »

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