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...white plastic chairs and began discussing the appointment of ministers. A problem arose. Ministers had been sworn in before the parliament had approved them. The process would have to begin again. "We are learning by doing things," says Galaydh, a Harvard fellow who earned his Ph.D. and taught public administration at Syracuse University. "Nothing I taught prepared me for starting a state from zero...
...grow earnings at 21% and selling at a P/E of 16, or WorldCom, which has hit a few bumps but is still averaging long-term growth of 26% a year and selling at a P/E of 12. If you invest in individual stocks, the past year should have taught you to do your homework rather than rely on stock analysts from the big brokerages. Most of them were of little use in warning investors of trouble brewing in their stocks--especially the stocks of companies that do business with the brokerage...
There is, of course, nothing wrong with accountability. But this system assumes that what students need is the same as what they want. Reading my evaluations every semester has taught me otherwise. Many students' expectations for their courses have changed, reflecting, in part, the business model more universities are following. Classes are considered services, and parents are eager to get their money's worth from their children's education. Students feel pressure from their parents to derive practical use from their courses, and they also would like to feel some degree of mastery when a class ends...
...furious if I didn't regard their short stories as brilliant, I stumbled upon some dubious teaching techniques, reversed the criticisms of these chronically unhappy students and improved my student evaluations for the semester. My record would reflect a smart, attentive, encouraging teacher. But I would argue that I taught these students little. They loved me because I agreed that writing should be easy...
...Bollinger, the president of the University of Michigan and noted First Amendment scholar, who has not taught at Harvard...