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Harvard to Endow Chair in Gay Studies
seen at 2009-06-04 04:36:43 - www.nytimes.comThe position, Harvard University believes, will be the first endowed, named chair in the subject at an American college.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=a67c1952f50e1f62db4c3c630506d130Turmoil at End of Path From Bed-Stuy to Harvard
seen at 2009-06-04 06:02:51 - www.nytimes.comA senior linked to a killing but not charged with a crime was told that she will not receive her diploma.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=24884039272b1efed2eb4a34cec7475dWomen Are Seen Bridging Gap in Science Opportunities
seen at 2009-06-03 06:09:28 - www.nytimes.comThe prospects for women who are scientists and engineers at research universities have improved, although women continue to face inequalities in salary and access to resources, a new report concludes.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=1fe5f87681e27177f95629e1798358abDepartment Tackles Visa Delay for Researchers
seen at 2009-06-03 06:04:39 - www.nytimes.comAfter months of complaints, the State Department is acting to speed up the delay-plagued visa process for foreign graduate students and post-doctoral researchers.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d0b68cc9b06d1bf7ad99a4b6001ab880Daniel C. Tosteson, Longtime Dean Who Reshaped Harvard Medical School, Dies at 84
seen at 2009-06-03 06:10:33 - www.nytimes.comDr. Tosteson spent two decades as the forceful dean of Harvard Medical School, reconfiguring the curriculum there and thus influencing the education of doctors around the country and the world.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=87879bf10724a8542aaa1d5ebe95369dU.S. Effort to Reshape Schools Faces Challenges
seen at 2009-06-02 11:38:25 - www.nytimes.comEducation Secretary Arne Duncan wants to take school turnaround efforts nationwide, but the process is expensive and fraught with problems.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7d49513dffff163bec346267672b7248New York City Shows Gains in Math
seen at 2009-06-02 20:26:00 - www.nytimes.comGains on the state maths tests were strongest in middle school, but officials cautioned results could be overstated.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=679612d96d8e0cff34a10ea25248304aTech Company Helps South Korean Students Ace Entrance Tests
seen at 2009-06-02 16:45:24 - www.nytimes.comMegastudy.net, an online tutoring service, may be the perfect convergence of South Koreans’ dual obsessions with educational credentials and the Internet.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=35847777773c808c8eb43ecd06708df7Complex Math, Simple Sum: 3 Awards in 5 Years
seen at 2009-06-02 08:26:51 - www.nytimes.comWith a third member of its faculty recently awarded the Abel Prize, widely regarded as the Nobel of math, N.Y.U.’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences has more than beat the odds.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=0ee41ffa9821e128b1a8ca68f2e54335Where One Man’s Trash Is Preschoolers’ Art Material
seen at 2009-06-02 04:57:41 - www.nytimes.comThe Materials Center at Beginnings Nursery School is where things that outlive their original use come to be repurposed for toddler art projects and life lessons about second acts.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=221c4d68d1b95bd8366a7b25254542f2She Plays With Boys, and Rivals Don’t Like It
seen at 2009-06-01 07:01:10 - www.nytimes.comHannah Berner’s high school does not have a girls’ tennis team. So she plays with the boys — and beats most of them.
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seen at 2009-06-03 03:11:18 - www.nytimes.comFollowing years of complaints from universities and suburban parents, legislators scaled back a guarantee to admit top students to state universities.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7f0f7fb5f634c529e9b7c83dc67ca098Your Money: Students Relying on Loans Wonder Whether Forgiveness Will Last
seen at 2009-06-01 23:20:31 - www.nytimes.comWhile the federal government says most of its loan forgiveness programs are secure, state programs, which depend on state budgets, face uncertain futures.
trackback:http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d9a97a3f1238abf1db2ae5d59edbb8eaCommencement 2009: Buck Up, Graduates!
seen at 2009-06-02 02:19:57 - www.nytimes.comThis year’s commencement speakers find the silver lining while sharing a particularly painful time in their past.
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seen at 2009-06-05 04:33:49 - www.nytimes.comIf you pay educators extremely well, will that translate into success for students? A school set to open in New York in September may answer that question.
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