Keyword Results ( "Education" )

1. Daniel Pipes

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 04/30/2008

His characterization of a Brooklyn school as a madrassa set off a storm of controversy.

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1. What Drew Faust Should Have Said

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 04/29/2008

The Harvard president created a controversy when she said that smaller schools should cut back on science. But in reality, her comments didn't go far enough.

2. Aga Khan

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 04/25/2008

The Aga Khan’s Global Vision

3. David Rockefeller, Sr.

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 04/25/2008

The New Rockefeller Center

4. "Summers urges more investing in science education" (Boston Globe)

Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 04/16/2008

Lawrence Summers, Ph.D 1982

5. The Accountant Who Roared

Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 04/10/2008

Linda Bilmes opens the books on the Iraq war and the Pentagon’s financial secrecy.

6. Gates calls on Congress for science education, visas

Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 03/13/2008

Bill Gates, College (1977)

7. Harvard college leader is selected: Dean will be first African-American, woman in position

Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 03/05/2008

Evelynn Hammonds, GSAS (1986), Ph.D 1993

8. The Crusader

Magazine Archives Article : March/April 2008

Obama advisor Samantha Power called Hilary Clinton a "monster," but what does she have to say about the writing process, the point of the United Nations, and the hotness of Barack Obama?

9. Planet Harvard

Magazine Archives Article : March/April 2008

What’s in the cards for some of Harvard’s most prominent players? Astrologer Noel Tyl reads the horoscopes of three stars.

10. Harvardwood Calling

Magazine Archives Article : March/April 2008

Mia Riverton crosses the divide between Cambridge and La-La Land.

11. Online Publishing: The Faculty Votes Aye

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 02/13/2008

Harvard approves a plan to bypass scholarly journals. But does the faculty really know what it's voting for?

12. The Endowment Gap

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 02/04/2008

The wealth disparity between the country's rich universities and its not-rich ones is becoming increasingly hard to ignore—and increasingly, people aren't.

13. Professor from Harvard to be Barnard president

Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 01/30/2008

Debora L. Spar, A.M. 1986; Ph.D 1990

14. Feeling the Heat from Capitol Hill

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 01/26/2008

Harvard and Yale's attempts to fend off political pressure from Washington by expanding financial aid aren't working.

15. Drew Faust On the Hot Seat

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 01/14/2008

After she's accused of dissing public education, Harvard's president, to paraphrase Gomer Pyle, denies, denies, denies.

16. Should Harvard Be Free?

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 01/02/2008

That's the question the Crimson asks in a recent article.

17. Harvard and the Ripple Effect

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/31/2007

Harvard's decision to extend its financial aid continue to spark debate among other colleges about the wisdom of following Harvard's move—even if they could afford to.

18. A Christmas Gift for Drew Faust

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/24/2007

The Boston Globe's education reporter gives Harvard's president a puff piece for Christmas.

19. Harvard and the Would-Be Presidents

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/17/2007

Harvard employees give to presidential candidates in greater percentages than do those of any other university. What's up with that?

20. Should Harvard Share Its Wealth?

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/14/2007

Harvard made big news with its increased financial aid plan this week, but some skeptics think the world's richest university isn't going nearly far enough.

21. McCain Touts Bloomberg on Education

Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 12/13/2007

Michael Bloomberg, MBA '66

22. Allston Gets a Second Look

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/12/2007

The Boston Globe reports that Drew Faust will reevaluate some of Larry Summers' plans for Allston. But is she putting the brakes on the wrong part of the plan?

23. Harvard Shares the Wealth

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/10/2007

The University unveils a new, more generous financial aid plan, and escalates the competition between America's richest schools.

24. Drew Faust Disses Public Universities

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/07/2007

In an article on the growing wealth of top-tier universities, Harvard's president says public schools should stick to the small stuff.

25. Harvard and the Spanish Inquisition

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 11/26/2007

A Dartmouth trustee charges that they're one and the same. But the suggestion says more about conservative frustrations with university politics than what really happened at Harvard.

26. A Million Little Writers

Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

Welcome to the world of celebrity academics–and the behind-the-scenes scribes who help make their fame and fortune possible.

27. Passions Giving Guide

Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

Whether you're interested in donating money or time, here are some Crimson-connected nonprofits you might want to consider.

28. Rewriting Harvard

Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

Wiki revisionism

29. Open Enrollment

Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

Harvard isn’t for everyone … or is it?

30. Harvard vs. Harvard

Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

Drugs! Greed! Kinky sex!— how this match made in heaven turned into the breakup from hell.

31. Antonio Delgado, JD '05

Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 11/06/2007

At first glance, one wouldn't believe that Rhodes Scholar, Oxford, and Harvard Law School graduate Antonio Delgado is the alter-ego of rapper AD the Voice, yet Delgado maintains his impressive educational background prepared him for a career in rap. He hopes his new CD, "Painfully Free," will help bring about a political and social reawakening in hip-hop.

32. Paul Richards, EdM '99

Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 10/29/2007

A Principal Who Cracks Down on Stress

33. Amy Gutmann, AB '71, PhD '76

Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 10/23/2007

Penn's president given new deal

34. #28

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 10/12/2007

Drew Faust will be installed as Harvard's 28th president today. What will she say?

35. Live Drunk or Die

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 10/10/2007

Harvard and other colleges don't want their students to party—the vomit clogs up the capitalist assembly line.

36. Is Harvard a Charity?

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 10/01/2007

That's the question economist Robert Reich is posing—and answering.

37. Edwin W. Eisendrath, AB '80

Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 09/25/2007

Huron Consulting Group Adds Electronic Discovery and Higher Education Experts

38. Taking on the Testocrats

Magazine Archives Article : September / October 2007

I went to visit Harvard Law Professor Lani Guinier late on a recent Friday afternoon and dawdled in her outer office for an hour as she met with students. Through her door, I could hear voices bubbling away with the excitement of ideas. At last Guinier ushered the students, three women, out of her office. “Did you see them laughing?” Guinier says. “We had fun.”

39. The National Review Trashes Howard Gardner

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 09/13/2007

A liberal Harvard professor gets the National Review's dander up.

40. Harder Than Harvard

Magazine Archives Article : September / October 2007

Last year, 22,955 applicants vied for 2,058 places in the Harvard College freshman class - an acceptance rate of about nine percent. But would the fortunate few have gotten into these even more selective institutions?

41. Harry Lewis Writes for the Core

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 09/05/2007

The Harvard computer scientist and educational critic tries to spark an old but important discussion.

42. The Harvard 100

Magazine Archives Article : September / October 2007

It's back! Our second annual list of the university's most influential alumni.

43. Harvard's Hotness

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 08/24/2007

Newsweek lists Harvard as one of its hottest schools—because it rejects so many applicants.

44. Cornel West on His New Album, and More

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 07/22/2007

The former Harvard professor has a new record coming out...and this time, he's getting help from some friends in high places.

45. Yochai Benkler, HLS 1994

Tribe Posting : Names in the News : 07/05/2007

The Chronicle of Higher Education

46. The Hoxbys Go West

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 07/05/2007

Caroline Hoxby explains more about her decision to leave Harvard.

47. No Sex Please, We're Harvard

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 06/25/2007

Does Harvard have a "hook-up culture," and is that a bad thing? The founders of True Love Revolution say yes to the former yes to the latter, and no to sex.

48. A Dean's Departure

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 06/21/2007

Dick Gross, the dean of Harvard College, announced his resignation yesterday. Now there are new questions.

49. Caroline Hoxby in the Journal

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 06/15/2007

The Wall Street Journal reports on the loss of Harvard's economics star.

50. Drew Faust's Revisionist History

Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 06/11/2007

The Boston Globe suggests that if Drew Faust's leadership style is anything like her historiography, she may be bolder than she seems.