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...energetic liberal groups such as Students Against Sweatshops and the League of Pissed Off Voters have won some media attention, but it's not yet clear whether they will thrive. By contrast, the College Republican National Committee, which atrophied to just 409 chapters in 1998, now lists active members on 1,148 campuses. The College Democrats of America say they have members on 903 campuses, 20% fewer...
That's part of a national trend. Zoo directors routinely phase out species that don't thrive in the local environment. The ultimate example: the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, outside Tucson, which houses 300 animal species and 1,200 kinds of plants on 21 acres of desert. Unlike conventional zoos, the museum doesn't even try to take on species that are not native to the area because its mission is not to give visitors a snapshot of wildlife everywhere but to give the full story of a single ecology. "It has a completely different mind-set than most zoos...
...Druid-of-the-Year. If you want Druids, you must grow forests.” We all know that it takes decades to grow a forest, and no institution can afford to wait decades to create an environment in which great courses will spontaneously emerge and good teaching will thrive...
...almost three-quarters of all freshmen enrolled in one of our 125 freshman seminars. The implementation of the curricular review’s proposals has begun, most notably in rethinking concentrations, creating new foundational courses, and revamping advising. And the campus life of the College has begun to thrive in new and exciting ways.The most visible changes relate to this spring’s progress on the curricular review. The Faculty passed two pieces of legislation that were the first substantial changes in Harvard’s concentration system in 90 years. First, the Classes of 2010 and beyond will...
...Early Assessment Program (EAP), which encourages 11th-graders to take a test to gauge their college readiness in English and math. Some juniors who expect to coast to college find out they will have to work even harder their senior year to improve the skills they will need to thrive in a Cal State school. Other students who had not considered themselves college material discover that they are better equipped than they thought and are inspired to make the most of their final high school year and start thinking of college as a serious option. "A lot of students aren...