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...education system run deeper than mere demographics, however. Japan may be the world's second largest economy with a reputation for technological prowess, but its schools aren't making the grade. Critics say student bodies are stultifyingly homogeneous, teaching methods are obsolete, and there's a dearth of courses taught in English, the lingua franca of international education and commerce. "Japan's schools are third-rate by international standards," says Robert Dujarric, director of Temple University's Institute of Contemporary Japanese Studies. In the 2007 Times Higher Education Supplement, an influential U.K.-based annual survey of universities all over...
...measuring the performance of universities worldwide. Some schools are trying to adapt. In November, Tokyo University - or Todai, the 130-year-old "Harvard of Japan" - partnered with Yale to increase its visibility abroad. Tokyo University President Hiroshi Komiyama says he wants to double the proportion of graduate courses taught in English to 20%. (About 8% of Todai's students are foreigners, compared with an average of 3% for all Japanese universities and colleges...
...their combined service of over four decades to Harvard students,” Pilbeam said in a statement. Wrangham and Ross first came to the United States after living and being educated in Great Britain. A member of Harvard’s faculty since 1989, Wrangham has taught courses in human evolutionary biology and anthropology. Ross, whose academic background is in immunology, is the founder and executive director of the Kasiisi Project, a non-profit in western Uganda. Wrangham co-taught the Core class Science B-29: “Evolution of Human Nature” for a number...
...Middle East. The hope may have been that sports could help foster the values of a civil society that erased boundaries between Christians and Muslims, East and West, but that never happened. "In Lebanon, we never have progress," said Ellie Fawaz, a legendary Lebanese player who himself was taught basketball by an American missionary. "Instead, we have...
...Together [they] make a nice fit.”Indeed, Mankiw asserts that “Principles of Economics” has been the bible of Harvard economics concentrators since before he took over “Economics 10.”Martin S. Felstein ’61 taught the book while Mankiw was at work in Washington, the professor said.“The textbook chose the professor, the professor didn’t choose the textbook,” Mankiw said.–Staff writer Alissa M. D’Gama can be reached at adgama@fas.harvard.edu...