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...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 a degree of authority that is not supplied...
...recent survey says maybe, but don’t put your money on it. In a super-scientific poll conducted among 40 Harvard students in Annenberg Hall and Lamont Library Café, students were asked to choose from four photographs to identify the dean. After a grueling but fair selection process, Pilbeam’s picture was placed among those of British actor Sir Ian Holm (Bilbo Baggins in “The Lord of the Rings”), musician Elvis Costello, and folk-singer-turned-fundamentalist Yusuf Islam (formerly known as Cat Stevens). The results? While 55 percent...
...pernicious drain on the media, on our decency, and on our national attention. But it’s not altogether clear that this is true. After all, with the approval ratings of the current president hovering around 30 percent, we surely need to be careful about who we select as the next president. The country faces serious crises over domestic and foreign policy, and we should all closely examine the new crop of candidates. More than any other election in recent history, this is not one to rush. A four-month whirlwind of platitudes and one or two manufactured scandals...
...Supporting campus life and increasing accountability to students are easily measurable goals—and achievable, if we select the right leaders. Such initiatives must be supported by the leadership and integrity that Roy and Nick exemplify...
...environment, the urban area, people don’t really network very much,” he says. “You have a select group of people that you know and trust and you know how to deal with and you’re kind of reluctant to trust strangers...