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...amusing mixture of funky and humanitarian, a juxtaposition that just might begin to characterize the seemingly undefinable Singh. As a sophomore, the theater-active Singh drew national media attention with “Abu Ghraib,” a play he wrote and co-produced. As a junior he taught in AIDS-afflicted Namibia and promoted economic development and youth leadership in Morocco. And now, as a senior, he’s working on a thesis highlighting protest through rap-music culture in Parisian immigrant communities—underscoring his belief that “art is a very powerful...

Author: By Nicola C. Perlman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Currun Singh | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

Senior Adviser to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Lisa L. Martin said being taught by non-tenured faculty can both benefit and hurt students...

Author: By William M. Goldsmith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Has Lowest Percentage of Tenure-Track Profs in Ivies | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Doris Sommer, who has taught Borges’ work in her graduate seminar on aesthetics, wrote in an e-mail that her reaction to the news “alternates between great sadness for the loss and humor, because of course both stories perform the joke typical in Borges of purposefully confusing original with copy...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Borges Manuscripts Lost | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...paste a research report together," says Terry Egan, who led the team that developed the new test. "We kind of assumed this generation was so comfortable with technology that they know how to use it for research and deeper thinking," says Egan. "But if they're not taught these skills, they don't necessarily pick them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...suburban Farmington High in Michigan, the engineering-technology department functions like an engineering firm, with teachers as project managers, a Ford Motor Co. engineer as a consultant and students working in teams. The principles of calculus, physics, chemistry and engineering are taught through activities that fill the hallways with a cacophony of nailing, sawing and chattering. The result: the kids learn to apply academic principles to the real world, think strategically and solve problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

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