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About 60 percent of HMS' first two years is taught in small-group tutorials, with the other 40 percent being done in traditional lecture courses. But Federman says that students spend 80 percent of their studying time on their problem-based learning courses...
...tired a film noir cliche as the battered fedora--the stuff of Carol Burnett sketches. But Blanchard, a trumpet player and film composer himself, finds new beauty and wit in the originals, fashioning mini-suites from the above-mentioned scores (and others) that shift between cinematic lushness and small-group drive. Blanchard's bruised, lyrical solo on Chinatown is a highlight--a freshly heard cry in the night...
...tutors to lead the sections whenever possible. Also, House seminar offerings-only a handful a year in only a few Houses--are pathetic, especially in comparison to the largely successful freshman seminars. More House seminars would be a great way for Harvard to satisfy its students' craving for more small-group instruction, especially in their electives...
...spreading risk over as large a population as they can, calculating that the healthy will pay for the sick--and then some. Unless state law prohibits, they can discriminate--legally--by raising premiums for someone who, for example, has suffered a heart attack and is renewing an individual or small-group policy. Access to a growing body of predictive genetic information would permit insurers to weed out further the riskiest, hence costliest clients or at least make them pay more for their coverage even before illness strikes. Little wonder that insurers would like to know, as Rosen puts...
...Brooks House (PBH) are working together to make such searches and strategies less isolating for students. From October through April there are monthly workshops on elements of non-profit career searches. On Dec. 10, Philips Brooks House will focus on "Opportunities in Education." In addition, Gail Gilmore conducts regular small-group job strategy sessions for students interested in non-profit work...