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...real problem lies in the virtual monopoly on the attention of college-bound families that the influential U.S. News rankings hold. The rankings reach 11 million people and are the oldest and most standard “objective” comparative measure of universities. In second and third place come the National Survey of Student Engagement and the Washington Monthly rankings. Have you heard of either? Do college-bound seniors (and their ambitious parents) lustfully chant them in their sleep? The U.S. News rankings rule, and no other consistent, equally respected measure exists...
...center will collaborate fully with the HSCI, now in its second year of operation. This will be the first time a physical space has been allotted to the HSCI, which is currently a virtual organization comprised of Harvard scientists spread over many affiliated teaching hospitals and centers...
...walkways, foundation, and refuse system. “Archaeologists love to find garbage,” Fash said yesterday. And whatever he and his team of student archaeologists find—be it garbage or veritable treasure—it will appear online in a “virtual exhibition” on the Peabody Museum’s website at the conclusion of the semester...
...United States, there is a concept of virtual networks that are utilized for mobilization and recruitment for a cause without having to contact a leader,” said Stern, who is also affiliated with Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs...
...Likewise, mainland Internet companies have become virtual appendages of the government censorship apparatus, employing their own human monitors to ensure their sites remain free of banned content. China's leading blog host, Bokee, which just received $10 million in foreign investment, employs 10 full-time inspectors to keep an eye on postings and to delete those that might anger Beijing. "You have to know where the pressure lines are," says a monitor at Xici Hutong, a site where Chinese journalists share ideas. He says he removes pornography, which is illegal in China, as well as personal slander and "political things...