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PROVOCATEUR AND PROBLEM-SOLVER Skocpol’s climb to the highest level of Harvard leadership has been defined by controversy...
...Summers dust-up, Skocpol operated as both provocateur and problem-solver...
...Summers dust-up, Skocpol operated as both provocateur and problem-solver...
...running for President of the United States: because I believe I can change things," Giuliani tells TIME - big things like America's dependence on foreign oil, its troubled health care system and the federal spending spree. "I believe I can make government more like a business ... a problem solver rather than a problem creator...
...crucial, they say, is that the new approach emphasizes the kind of active learning that gets students thinking and applying knowledge. "Just as one doesn't become a marathon runner by reading about the Boston Marathon," says the committee report, "so, too, one doesn't become a good problem solver by listening to lectures or reading about statistics." Acknowledging how important extracurricular activities have become on campus, the report calls for a stronger link between the endeavors students pursue inside and outside the classroom. Those studying poverty, for example, absorb more if they also volunteer at a homeless shelter, suggests...