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...John Neuhaus and Tariq Ramadan [Nov. 27.]. Neuhaus noted that, in a letter to the Pope, 38 Islamic authorities explained that that "jihad ? means struggle, and specifically struggle in the way of God. This struggle may take many forms, including the use of force." Instead of trying to teach Westerners how to approach Islam, perhaps Islamic authorities should formulate a statement against violence in the name of God. Alfredo Formiga Lisbon Defining Europe Tariq Ramadan listed "mutual re-spect of human rights, basic freedoms, rule of law and democracy" as values common to Christianity and Islam...
...idolize can barely keep a hundred people awake for a full hour, to say nothing of the hundred people who couldn’t be bothered to get out of bed to come to class. And while there are some faculty members who truly are captivating teachers, they only teach “Justice” every other year...
Others sweat their way to tenure only to take the opposite approach. These faculty write less, and teach more. In terms of academic output, they do what they must to satisfy their departments, but their focus is on their teaching those who will succeed them...
Those faculty members who actually enjoy teaching—that is, the practice of encouraging learning, rather than the rote imparting of knowledge—should be encouraged to teach. So should non-faculty instructors, already in our midst, who are largely barred from doing so because of administrative restrictions...
...focus of this legislation is the CGE’s practical needs. Any TF who is not evaluated is not eligible for Harvard University Certificates of Distinction in Teaching, and will not be eligible for the new Derek C. Bok Awards for Excellence in the Teaching of Undergraduates. TFs who happen to teach under professors who scoff at students evaluating them are unfairly excluded from these distinctions, which now—thanks to a recent gift to the University—include cash prizes...