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...They are interested in trying to rehabilitate themselves,” said Fried, noting that the organization has suffered criticism for its handling of the Madoff fraud and the Bank of America litigations. “They have to show that they can shoot straight and that they have a role to play...
...recently released rankings show little signs of change among the top graduate schools since last year, despite the shift in the U.S.’s financial situation...
...there’s still valuable information to be gleaned from shopping, right? There is information, all right, but almost none of it is reliable. You don’t need a scientific study to show that first impressions are often inaccurate, and it’s no secret that professors gussy up their first week of lectures to attract more students. The only real truth to be gained is the professor’s lecturing ability (a poor instructor usually can’t just conjure up superb rhetorical skills for a week). That might be something, but it?...
Instead, shopping encourages students to show up to a class uninformed and ask such questions, whose answers are plainly available on the syllabus. Like shopping week as a whole, it’s a waste of teachers’ time and ours—except unlike shopping week, at least it doesn’t actually harm us in the process. Shopping period may once have been useful, it’s true—back in the days before syllabi could be posted online or that questioner could e-mail the professor instead. But today, much more information beyond...
...Princeton coach [Chris Sailer] always said, ‘We’re the established program,’” VanderMeulen said. “It felt great to show that we’re making a difference. Beating Princeton was just pretty sweet. Coming to Harvard was definitely the right decision...