Word: trended
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Professor of English and Comparative Literature James Engell '73 decries this trend in a recent issue of Harvard Magazine, arguing that increasing careerism in university culture, and a shift of emphasis from humanities to more marketable fields such as economics, risks a future in which "we will soon be looking at not a weakened tradition of humanistic learning and education, but a defunct...
While few publicly share Engell's direpredictions, many educators do expressreservations over the trend toward careerism...
Ford says she is troubled by the trend toward"working backwards"--choosing occupations based onfuture money, and activities and majors based onfuture occupations...
...trend of students training students forthe professional world shows no sign of slowingdown, and based on anecdotal evidence,pre-professional education may not be limited tothe college ranks...
...having taken a sabbatical during their mastership, the Bosserts' time as Masters has not been without sacrifice. Bossert, who is also Arnold professor of science, said he "submerged" his research in order to dedicate more time to his position--a trend he hopes to reverse in the coming years...