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Former Dean of Undergraduate Education William M. Todd III pointed out that it is better to learn history from a critical standpoint than by memorizing facts. In some cases, he said, the facts are debatable anyway...
From a career standpoint, Donaldson, 68, needs this job like an attack of angina. He's a walking legend on Wall Street and founding dean of Yale University's business school. He's been on Aetna's board since 1977, and insists that he's boss for the long haul: "I want to take a fresh look at this business and not be locked into old thinking...
...circulation was stuck at 160,000, one-tenth the size of Ebony's. It had been losing $1 million a year. Says Roy Johnson, editorial director of Vanguarde, which in April became joint owner of Emerge in a complex deal with BET Holdings II Inc.: "From a business standpoint, suspending publication was an easy call. As a new company, we simply could not afford to carry a magazine that was trending downward like that...
Though I might replace "mild contempt" with "critical disapproval," the statement nevertheless captures my perspective of Harvard. From an objective standpoint, I have been very lucky here: I found a concentration in classics which was small enough to be accessible and challenging enough to be academically inspiring and an activity in The Crimson which was personally and socially fulfilling. Along the way, I have found friends and teachers whom I will leave today with great appreciation and not a little sadness. But also along the way, I learned to criticize the institution which has given me so very much...
Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 writes in an e-mail message that, from an academic standpoint, there is no reason for his office to recommend blocking the service...