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...These proposed changes to DEAS will push the University further towards fulfilling University President Lawrence H. Summers’ goal to make Harvard a pre-eminent biological research institution. So, too, will they free DEAS’ hands to work with other parts of the University, both through the status change to a “school” and the addition of jointly-endowed professorships. For Harvard to compete with schools such as Princeton, Caltech, and MIT in attracting top students and professors, DEAS must expand both its faculty and its international prominence. Making it easier for undergraduate engineering...
...school’s resources and faculty without actually ever being a part of it. Their continued, unmodified membership in the College and in FAS should ensure that Harvard doesn’t tumble down the slippery slope toward the kind of anti-liberal arts, segregated status quo at schools like Columbia, whose undergraduate engineers have institutional affiliations different from their peers’.The legacy of President Summers will add to Harvard’s ability to contribute to scientific inquiry through institutionalized collaboration and innovation. One can only hope that Harvard College’s liberal arts focus...
...polarize the nation. Urban Indians, increasingly categorized by wealth, say that caste has no bearing on the kind of jobs they can get, yet classified matrimonial ads often list caste as a principal criterion in the search for a suitable spouse. In the countryside, caste defines not just social status and employment opportunities, but also access to education...
...times and answers them without apology, for fear of missing a call someone stood in line for five hours to make. They go to the post store to load up on toilet paper and Twinkies and other survival gear to ship over. Ten-year-olds talk about the status of negotiations with Turkey. Five-year-olds say the prayers of soldiers' families: "Dear God, please protect my dad, and don't let the bad guys kill...
...changes in policy.“I am probably known as a fiscal conservative, and I like to build on secure foundations,” Knowles said. “But I must first reacquaint myself with where we are in terms of appointments, in terms of our financial status, and in terms of our spirit.”During his deanship, which ended a year into Summers’ presidency, Knowles also encouraged greater faculty-student interaction. He expanded the Freshman Seminar Program and pushed for smaller sections in undergraduate courses.Beginning next semester, Knowles will oversee the looming debate...