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...Part of Harvard’s appeal, he adds, was that it gave graduate students the opportunity to teach undergraduates...
...talents were clear right from the start,” recalls his graduate adviser, Daniel Branton, who is also an emeritus professor of biology. Lue chose to teach every term as a graduate student—and consistently got top marks as one of the best rated teaching fellows, according to Branton...
...escape from the trap of accelerating population decline through a sudden increase in fertility, all evidence suggests that this simply will not happen. Outside of a very few examples, fertility has been declining in industrialized countries over the past three decades. And if history has any relevant lessons to teach us, one of the few is that populations are extremely resistant to government efforts at encouraging more births. Leaders from Augustus Caesar to Stalin have tried to implement pro-natal programs, and all have been complete failures...
...Urzua’s behind-the-scenes efficacy was confirmed with the passing of a bill that she helped write with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, which will ensure greater accountability for her home city’s education system. Next year, Urzua will return to LA with Teach for America. But she may have an ulterior motive for returning to her urban California home. “You could ask me anytime of the day, I always want to drive. I love driving.” But despite her many accomplishments, Urzua hasn’t mastered the rules...
...concern from some Faculty members at yesterday’s meeting.Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France Susan R. Suleiman told the Faculty that the newly-proposed area was far too broad.“If the aim of a liberal arts education is not to, among other things, teach us what it means to be human, then I don’t know what it is,” she said, adding that students should be required to take two courses in literature and the arts instead. Professor of History of Art and Architecture Jeffrey F. Hamburger also criticized...