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...much power does a Harvard president have? No one would call you a figurehead, but I wonder, what with the Corporation and Overseers looking over your shoulder and quietly or not so quietly steering the University’s agenda, to what extent do you as president have the power to guide and implement initiatives completely of your own choosing? LHS: Certainly whatever the president of Harvard says or does is noticed pretty widely. I think we’ve been able to do some very important things these last years by eliminating family contributions by any family with income...
...serious character points.) Before Harvard, my world was blissfully free of grade grubbing—there were no grades to be grubbed. Before Harvard, interest trumped image, and there was no question that I would forsake studying for an exam to help a friend through a tough time. I wonder, sometimes, if there are many people at Harvard who would do the same.The phrase, and idea, of being a “citizen of the world,” has some pretty deep historical roots, but among the more renowned references is from the fourth inaugural address of Franklin...
Thousands of miles from their home countries, Harvard students like Elena carry on dual lives as students of America’s oldest college and fugitives of the United States government. With a debate over the legalization of undocumented immigrants raging in the nation’s capital, some wonder whether their days in the shadows will...
...given a scholarship to a private Catholic school in the third grade, and soon hit the ground running. She quickly overcame the English barrier, learning much of the language by watching old sitcoms, including “The Cosby Show” and “Small Wonder.” By the end of the third grade, she was nearly fluent...
...this new system, but there was a pervasive sense that we needed more time to work on its details. During the coming summer, the proposal will be reconsidered in the hope that we can move more effectively to a vote on general education in the fall. I myself still wonder if we have paid enough attention to other ways of “cutting the cake.” The Committee on General Education did consider a number of creative new rubrics for general education, and part of me would like to see them give this line of thinking...