Word: specializing
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Still, the 50th reunion marks a special place in the minds of many alums...
...read in their entirety, isolating key passages can collapse the dimensionality of argument that make them worth reading in the first place. Similarly (and duly noted) the arrival of the personal computer in the lecture hall has challenged the college classroom’s traditional role as a special type of community. It is exceedingly difficult to simultaneously transcribe with precision while fully engaging with a complex and discursive argument. While boredom and distraction are certainly not unique to the 21st century, the laptop has no historical rival in its capacity as a portal to infinite distraction. Nothing quite interrupts...
Much of the year in education was centered on President Barack Obama’s agenda for higher and lower education. Any presidential turnover brings a host of fresh policies, but Obama’s were of special interest because of the high quality of governance promised by his administration. We supported most of his proposals, but noted the omission of several key reforms in higher education. We also expressed concern at the federal government’s inadequate response to the economic crisis’ effects on the Boston school system. Closer to campus, we lamented the continuing distortion...
...praised Obama both for the educational component of his budget plan and his projected reforms for the public education system. Obama singled out education as a special priority that will not be compromised even as the administration plans to cut the federal budget deficit in half by 2013. While the federal government must exercise more fiscal responsibility in the coming years, it serves no one to have this cost-cutting come at the expense of the country’s future labor force. Obama’s budget also proposes to make student loans available directly from the government, providing...
...addition, the Cambridge City Council attempted more than once to keep the question off the ballot due to opposition from special interest groups...