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...delighted my Harvard friends would be who constantly lamented our lack of a “Great Books” system of education! While I wonder whether this system can be intellectually defended, my advisor, who gives an informative survey of modern political thought, simply admits to his students that the story he is telling is just a fiction spun for pedagogical, pragmatic purposes He believes that undergraduate education is made of such compromises...
...race is certainly tight. The Center for Sociological Research, Spain's main polling institution, released a survey on February 16 giving the Socialists a slim 1.5-point advantage over the Popular Party. More recently, Metroscopia's poll for the liberal newspaper El País put the Socialists' lead at 4.1%. Either way, says University of Murcia political scientist Ismael Crespo, the Socialists have to hope for a high turnout. "The PP's ranks are very loyal; 80 to 85% of those who voted for them in 2004 will vote for them this time," he says. "But traditionally, about...
...financially illiterate”—a condition linked to debt and unnecessary spending, according to a new study by Peter Tufano ’79, a professor of financial management at the Business School, and Annamaria Lusardi, an economics professor at Dartmouth College. The survey, conducted by the global market research firm TNS, asked 1,000 Americans about credit card debt. Over 64 percent of respondents could not correctly estimate how their interest would compound over time. The majority of people also said they did not understand minimum payments, and few could determine the different financial consequences between...
...says Harvard makes strong attempts to offset the effects of its development.“Harvard has probably the most comprehensive and robust construction mitigation program in this area, and it’s generally successful,” Lucey says.According to Lucey, the University hires structural engineers to survey all properties adjoining its construction projects before work begins and after it finishes. If Harvard construction has unintended effects, the University works to resolve the problem with the property owner.In some cases, Lucey says, this means assessing the cost of the damage and providing monetary compensation.Annis says that Harvard...
Laura K. Johnson, the assistant Dean for Sophomore Advising, presented an assessment of the program based on a summary of information from the most recent House Life Survey...