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...students were surprised—and reassured—by Werbach’s pro-business tone. “It’s interesting he advocates that the way to move forward is to be agents of change within organizations,” said Jenny Chiu, a second-year MBA student. “That resonates at the business school,” added Peter K. Escher, also a second-year student. “It’s comforting that you can enter the corporate world and maintain your idealism...
...under the old system, which has nine categories spanning A+ to F. Second-year students, whose fate in the transition was most uncertain, will graduate with a transcript with grades under both systems. They will receive letter grades through this year, and then switch to the pass/fail system as third-year students. Latin honors will be determined by a student’s performance during all three years. In an e-mail sent to the student body, Kagan wrote that delaying the transition until next year for second-year students would allow them to demonstrate improvement from their first year...
...tune of a 2-0 victory. Harvard was still resting on that one wrong foot. The defense was stellar, headed by junior keepers Lauren Mann and Laura Dale, two of the best goalies, statistically, in the nation. But the offense still struggled. Enter the foot of Katherine Sheeleigh. The second-year standout forward is no stranger to scoring—last season she led the squad with eight goals and sixteen points, was Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and was chosen third-team freshmen All-American. This year, the team needed a spark, something to wake its offense from...
...that would waive tuition for third-year students at Harvard Law School who commit to working five years in public interest law received an enthusiastic first response—far more so than its optimistic proponents expected. Over 110 first-year students participated in a non-binding sign-up for the Public Service Initiative at a banquet earlier this month—50 percent over the targeted number, according to Law School Dean Elena Kagan. The graduating class of 2011 will be the first class eligible to have the full amount of third-year tuition waived under the program...
Postscript: I'm witnessing the MBA scene firsthand this year as a second-year MBA fellowship student at the Columbia Business School. Even as my classmates relish their classes and the study-hard, play-hard nature of school, some sound concerned when the subject turns to their job hunt. At the Harvard Business School, a second-year MBA candidate recently posted a blog entry poking fun at the euphemisms business school students use to explain why one internship or another hasn't yielded a full-time offer. What they say is "There wasn't a cultural fit," or "I wouldn...