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Unlike schools such as Princeton, which require undergraduates to write theses, only about 50 percent of Harvard students choose to do so, according to the Class of 2003’s Senior Survey. This results in about 800 theses per year...
However, according to the survey, about 70 percent of Harvard College students enter their concentrations planning to write a thesis and around 60 percent start...
...Without a strong support network of female peers, women in the sciences can struggle. Though some have found mentors, the hierarchical structure of Japanese academic-research teams often denies women precious tenure-track positions. A 2002 survey at the University of Tokyo, Japan's Harvard, revealed that only 4.7% of its teaching staff were female. Gender discrimination is prohibited under Japanese law. But prominent female scientists say there is a tacit prejudice against women. A bioinformatics professor, Mitiko Go says that many professors will choose a man over an equally qualified woman, believing that a woman will quit as soon...
...respondents how they will vote in the May 29 referendum on the proposed E.U. constitution. The yes tally has decreased dramatically, from a high of 69% in December and 63% late last month. Stéphane Rozès, deputy director general of CSA polling agency, which conducted the survey, says growing resentment over government reform, rising unemployment, falling spending power, and the E.U.'s effort to liberalize the service sector could further mobilize the disaffected. "There's growing desire to punish leaders, and blame Paris and Brussels alike for everything going wrong," Rozès explains. "Most people...
...would be addressed on an urgent basis. "I'm looking into this, and I've asked for some information," said Republican Congressman Todd Tiahrt of Kansas. "Why is it an emergency?" Tiahrt, who favored funding only $18 million for preliminary planning and has requested a briefing on a "site survey" conducted for the DNI's space, said the Administration was leaning toward an expensive site in the Tyson's Corner, Va., area of the Washington suburbs. He wants to know why the new intelligence czar can't settle for more reasonably priced real estate and possibly existing government buildings...