Word: unstructuredness
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Talent is the oldest, the classic American path, made up of people who simply go out and engage in a self-initiated activity, hoping it will bring them money, status or acclaim. The yeoman farmers and skilled artisans of the colonial period are examples. Today people who start businesses are...
We all know the scenario well: After the mockery and pity subsides, our friends settle into their long and luxurious vacations. We, however, must brace ourselves for our short one, which seems even shorter because of what lies ahead. Every January seems to be filled with too much unstructured time...
"Academics are private contractors of our research funds and of our disciplines," he says. "In some ways it is like we each are the private manager of our own university. And the academic life is very unstructured, which is exactly what the creative process needs."
Last October a Pentagon's Defense Science Board panel warned of an info-attack threat well beyond that posed by the hackers who have been irritating the Pentagon for years. "This threat arises from terrorist groups or nation-states, and is far more subtle and difficult to counter than the...
Harvard is not alone among Ivy League colleges criticized for failing to provide a cohesive body of traditional knowledge as a Core program. Yale, for example, has no core curriculum and relatively unstructured distribution requirements. But Yale is building a reputation as a center for Western Civilization study. In 1991...