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...select portion of the class, a last chance at one of undergraduate education’s greatest honors turned out to be their best. In ceremonies to be held today, the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) will acquire 91 new members, increasing the total number of this year??s PBK graduates to 163. Invitations to the honor society are first extended in the spring of every academic class’ junior year, at which time 24 inductees are named. In November, an additional 48 are added, and final invitations sent out in May bring the total...
...should be allowing the divisional deans to have the power that they need to implement within their areas what’s best for those individual areas,” he said.DINING WITH DREWLike Knowles—who served on the board of Corning, Inc. until early this year??Smith has strong ties to private industry. Before teaching, he worked for three years at Honeywell Information Systems, a division of Honeywell International. In 2001, he founded Liquid Machines, which sells digital rights management software to major corporations. The company’s clients include Corning, which was chaired...
...fact that Harvard, in terms of surveyed student satisfaction, had ranked almost at the bottom of 31 elite schools. It is difficult to forget all those banner headlines, basically enthusing, “see? They’re not happy with Harvard!” The responses of last year??s graduating class in the annual senior survey were better but continued a “three-year trend of dissatisfaction among undergraduates,” the Crimson reported...
...were already 2-1 on the year when Flood was selected, and the team won a home contest against Flood’s hometown New Jersey Pride on Saturday.Washington is also scheduled to face Boston—a team that began playing its home games at Harvard Stadium this year??on June 15 on Harvard’s home field, but Flood isn’t yet sure if he’ll be able to participate in the stadium homecoming.“I don’t know if I’ll make the travel...
...students in need of aid rely heavily on federal loans, Congress’ January decision to cut interest rates on student loans was welcome. But despite its good intentions, Congress did not do enough. The efficacy of its latest effort was tempered by an imminent expiration date and last year??s $12 billion cut to the federal loan program—both of which limit the ability of such loan programs to truly aid those in need. Congress should solidify its commitment to higher learning by expanding its loan program, thereby making college accessible to students...