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...area they thought could use more teachers,” she said. “You’d think that everyone would be happy that there are people who want to teach and help students learn.” Stutman also raised the concern that the short-term TFA recruits will be displacing union members who are better qualified. Elizabeth B. Hadaway ’09, another TFA recruit, said, “I’m not sure why being a teacher for a long time is inherently a priority over being a good teacher. I think...
...Developing countries like China pushed wealthier nations to accept tough short-term carbon emission targets, demanding cuts of at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2020. But developed nations demurred, refusing to commit to new cuts now, even though their existing commitments would lead to a reduction of only 4% to 14% below 1990 levels...
...During Friday's press conference, Aso reiterated that Japan "needs to be bold for the short-term and responsible for the medium-term." The government will provide $5.9 billion more to the "employment adjustment subsidy" that helps companies that retain employees. Measures also include $6.9 billion for job training and unemployment benefits. Japan will also increase its loan-guarantee program for small-and medium-sized businesses to $298 billion...
...known. Planning for the period was in its early stages; Assistant Dean of the College Inge-Lise Ameer had recently been appointed to lead planning for the period, and no concrete plans had yet been announced. “We are concerned that mounting a new, compressed, short-term set of offerings in January—particularly at a time when resources are highly constrained—would in fact distract from the College’s focus on other more central aspects of the undergraduate experience,” Hammonds and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
...despite hints of our mysterious-but-grand plans for a "January Experience," we are actually not going to go through with (un)said plans and offer any J-Term programs. But why this abrupt change of cancellation of plans?? Well, we realized that even half-assing "new, compressed, short-term set of offerings in January" would actually take time that we do not have, since we have to, like, figure out what the deal is with University finances...