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...government and business, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission William H. Donaldson spoke about two regulations he viewed as absolutely necessary in the aftermath of the financial crisis: regulating the credit rating agencies—which he said didn’t pay enough attention to liquidity standards??and regulating exchanges of swaps and other derivatives, assets whose value is based on the value of other assets...
...choice” and “freedom” in education to satisfy the diverse demands within the Academy and to demur from supposing it knows better than students themselves in what their university educations should consist. Unsurprisingly, an incoherent academic vision and ever-declining standards??along with ever-inflating grades—are the hallmarks of today’s higher education...
...Times’ sports section on Sunday and has since sparked a minor wave of incredulous columnists and bloggers weighing in, is titled “In a New Era at Harvard, New Questions of Standards.” The headline refers to the program’s recruiting standards??“Harvard’s new approach could tarnish the university’s sterling reputation,” Thamel worries—but in the nascent Amaker Era of Crimson basketball the question of athletic standards is also salient.Harvard’s sterling reputation...
Under the current structure, students have a very limited voice. Most noticeably, no student serves on the Administrative Board at Harvard. No student is involved with decisions regarding what the administration calls “community standards??—the clause the Ad Board relies on to enforce its decisions. When the Handbook for Students was changed last year as a result of the findings of the Committee on Social Clubs, no student was involved in the process. No student is involved in setting budgetary priorities of the University or the Allston expansion. Students can voice concerns...
...that the tangible benefits of using the money...should overcome the more abstract, symbolic considerations that might lead us to turn down such benefactions.” “I am not yet persuaded that Harvard should have an obligation to investigate each donor and impose detailed moral standards?? prior to accepting donations, he wrote then. Epstein, whose defense attorneys include Alan M. Dershowitz, the Frankfurter professor of law, last month pled not guilty to the charge of soliciting prostitution. In an affidavit released by the Palm Beach Police Department, the police said it had probable cause...