Word: towards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just Harvard's lack of institutional imagination that is at fault for the problems of undergraduate education; students, too, must bear their share of the blame. We students have adopted shamefully passive attitudes toward learning. We come to the College not as scholars but as consumers, judging professors on the quality of the services they provide instead of using their knowledge as a point of departure for self-motivated learning. We consider knowledge to be illegitimate unless it provides the answer to a test question, wins a grant or looks good on a transcript. And faced with the weaknesses...
Tami E. Mason, vice president of HPG, says this reflects a trend in HPG toward "making fewer and larger investments...
Beare says the purchase of White River is probably more of a long-term investment, aimed toward future financial development...
...swanky Lenox Hotel and a complete make-over, Anago has ratcheted up its image a few major notches. In its previous incarnation at 798 Main Street (now home of Salts Restaurant), Anago Bistro was a hidden gem--intimate, understated, and consistently excellent. Alas, popularity corrupts. With the move toward self-iconization and the strategic new location, Anago's former cachet has been exploited. The larger, hipper Anago is struggling to adapt to its new image...
This argument is directed especially toward first-years on campus. This year, in speaking with first-years, I am amazed at how many of them are not thrilled with their experiences at Harvard. Very often, they feel the community is rather cliquish, each person having his or her own friends and trying to surround him- or herself with the so-called "right people...