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...teach a “way of knowing” into a sweeping, interdisciplinary intellectual odyssey. In order to do so, however, changes must go beyond a mere shuffling of syllabi and involve fundamental changes in pedagogy. We believe this will require reform in Harvard’s stringent policies on hiring full-time teachers.On this page, we have repeatedly maligned the Core Curriculum and endorsed the recommendation of the review’s Committee on General Education, in which students would be able to fulfill general education requirements either through a distribution requirement or through broad and integrative Courses...
...makes him a renegade within his industry, which officially opposes any regulatory scheme that would force power companies to cut carbon emissions. It makes Rogers more likely to be invited to Sierra Club headquarters than to the White House, given that President Bush hasn't called for anything more stringent than voluntary cuts in greenhouse gases...
...whole is working on a strategy that might help all the chair manufacturers: creating a certified hallmark analogous to the one used by the ham producers of San Daniele, 12 miles away, who make a famous prosciutto. To qualify, chairs would have to be made locally and meet stringent quality standards. Each hallmarked chair would be numbered for authenticity. "The first thing we need to do in this global world is to have an identity. If we don't, we'll disappear," says Fabrizio Mansutti, president of Promosedia, a local trade association that is sponsoring the plan...
...Dean of the College John “Jay” Ellison said the committee will most likely recommend uniform modifications to allow for further identification for employees. David R. Bach ’07, who alerted police to the convicted rapist in Mather, said he supports a more stringent identification policy. For Bach, who said he has been slightly more cautious since the October incident, further identification would allow students to both feel safe and not “make rash assumptions and accuse them [authorized workers] of anything.” —Staff writer Benjamin...
...calling that the 180 MDiv students at HDS are trying to discern. In an environment where they are given the academic and religious tools to discover their true paths in life, these students are learning that the ministry takes all kinds and fills all manner of vocations.They might face stringent institutional barriers or personal uncertainty, but all are set on a path to find their calling...