Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Professor of Government Seyla Benhabib, who teaches Moral Reasoning 50: "The Public and Private in Politics, Morality and Law," says the explicit nature of recent political discourse is the result of a long-term change in the social acceptability of public conversations about private affairs...
After she started talking about her academic plans in a section for Social Analysis 10: "Principles of Economics," she was barraged with question from curious classmates...
...booklet includes courses such as Social Analysis 28: "Culture, Illness, and Healing: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Medicine in Society," Economics 1435: "Economics of Health Care" and History 1912: "Health, Disease, and Ecology in African History...
Finally, to go along with the moral, social and personally satisfying advantages of the job, students have financial incentive to teach. One of the best initiatives included in the recently-passed Higher Education Act is one which forgives loan debt for students who go into teaching careers. Under the new legislation, after three years one's debt is partially reduced, and after six it is erased completely. I happily read this news last week, glad to see that after a summer of teacher-bashing here in Massachusetts, the federal government is taking concrete economic steps to encourage students...
...Harvard students, we are ostensibly the recipients of the finest education and opportunities the country has to offer. We have a greater social responsibility than most to give something back in exchange for all we have received. The Higher Education Act seems to have removed one of the financial obstacles of teaching in the country's public schools...