Derek Bok

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Name: Derek Bok

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Shinagel’s legacy honored

As portraits of former deans and presidents looked down from the walls of University Hall, Michael Shinagel , Ph.D. ’64, received confirmation that he had set a record as the longest-serving dean in Harvard’s history. Shinagel was first appointed director ... [Published Harvard Gazette - May 20 2013]

Entities: Harvard University, Henry Rosovsky, Education, Derek Bok

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

What Should the Supreme Court Do About Affirmative Action?

Author's note: the following review of the book Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students Its Intended to Help and Why Universities Won’t Admit It by Richard H Sander and Stuart Taylor, Jr. was commissioned by Leon Wieseltier of the New Republic ... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - May 20 2013]

Entities: Affirmative Action, Stuart Taylor, African-Americans, Admission

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Take some 'steps' to reduce your risk of diabetes

"If you think education is expensive," said former Harvard president Derek Bok, "try ignorance." And, wow, is he right! While the average cost of an in-state public university runs about $22,000 a year, just imagine what the health-care bill will be for ... [Published Herald Dispatch - May 20 2013]

Entities: Diabetes, Blood Glucose, Derek Bok

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Sharp work, in substance and delivery

16Thursday, May. 16, 2013 Partly Cloudy, 80$ F Skip navigationText size:AAA A A By Peter Reuell and Jennifer DoodyFAS CommunicationsThursday, May 16, 2013Photos by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff PhotographerAs part of the Harvard Horizons symposium ... [Published Harvard University Gazette - May 16 2013]

Entities: Harvard University, Doctor of Philosophy, Derek Bok, 18th century, Teaching

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

What Should the Supreme Court Do About Affirmative Action?

To counter the effects of past discrimination, Johnson said, it is necessary not just to remove barriers but also to offer help. Some assistance was procedural. Selective colleges, universities, and graduate schools began for the first time to recruit ... [Published Brookings Institution - May 15 2013]

Entities: Affirmative Action, Stuart Taylor, Admission, African-Americans, Hispanics

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Youth Perspective: Pamphlets just won’t do

By Jack Turnage, senior at Kent Denver School in Denver, Colorado | 13 May 2013The co-founder of a successful startup and author of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of grant awards, Nate will attend Stanford this fall. Sam, one of nation’s top Lincoln-Douglas ... [Published Thomson Reuters - May 13 2013]

Entities: Pamphleteer, Admission, Caroline Hoxby

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Antanas Mockus

The tools of art

Bob Alexander, a lifelong Bostonian, has lived on the same street in Allston all his life. Now that the Harvard Allston Education Portal has come to his neighborhood, he said, he and his wife, Paula, attend every event there they can. “We’re Bostonians ... [Published Harvard Gazette - May 02 2013]

Entities: Bob Alexander, Harvard University, Antanas Mockus, Robert Lue, Alexanders

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Affirmative action: Unequal protection

Non-discrimination discrimination WILLIAM POWERS is the president of the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin). Lino Graglia holds an endowed chair at its law school. Both have kindly demeanours, impressive records and that crucial perk of academic ... [Published Chicago Tribune - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Affirmative Action, Asian-Americans, Stuart Taylor, Admission

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Affirmative Action In America Is A Total Failure

In the first of three pieces on race-based preferences around the world, we look at America’s pending Supreme Court decisions on diversity at universities.WILLIAM POWERS is the president of the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin). Lino Graglia holds ... [Published Business Insider - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Affirmative Action, Asian-Americans, Stuart Taylor, Admission

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

The You Docs Tip of the Day: Take steps to limit your diabetes risk

"If you think education is expensive," said former Harvard president Derek Bok, "try ignorance."And, wow, is he right. While the average cost of an in-state public university runs about $22,000 a year, just imagine what the health-care bill will be for ... [Published Idaho Statesman - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Diabetes, Blood Glucose, Derek Bok

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Drs. Oz and Roizen: Make sure you don't get diabetes

BY MICHAEL ROIZEN, M.D., AND MEHMET OZ, M.D. Telegraph Herald | 0 comments"If you think education is expensive," said former Harvard president Derek Bok, "try ignorance." And, wow, is he right! While the average cost of an in-state public university ... [Published TH Online - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Michael Roizen, Diabetes, Derek Bok, Mehmet Oz

First reported Feb 21 2013 - Updated Feb 22 2013 - 1 reports

New leader in teaching, learning

Robert A. Lue , professor of the practice of molecular and cellular biology, has been named the inaugural Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning , placing him at the forefront of efforts to rethink and ... [Published Harvard Gazette - Feb 21 2013]

Entities: Derek Bok, Teaching, Harvard University, Education, Biology

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"if you think education is expensive" said former Harvard president Derek Bok, "try ignorance...

Take some 'steps' to reduce your risk of diabetes [Published Herald Dispatch - May 20 2013]

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Shinagel’s legacy honored [Published Harvard Gazette - May 20 2013]
What Should the Supreme Court Do About Affirmat... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - May 20 2013]
Take some 'steps' to reduce your risk of diabetes [Published Herald Dispatch - May 20 2013]
Sharp work, in substance and delivery [Published Harvard University Gazette - May 16 2013]
Sharp work, in substance and delivery [Published Harvard Gazette - May 16 2013]
What Should the Supreme Court Do About Affirmat... [Published Brookings Institution - May 15 2013]
Governance in the Long Emergency [Published Resilience - May 14 2013]
Youth Perspective: Pamphlets just won’t do [Published Thomson Reuters - May 13 2013]
The tools of art [Published Harvard Gazette - May 02 2013]
Affirmative action: Unequal protection [Published Chicago Tribune - Apr 30 2013]
Affirmative Action In America Is A Total Failure [Published Business Insider - Apr 27 2013]
Drs. Oz and Roizen: Make sure you don't get dia... [Published TH Online - Apr 18 2013]
The You Docs Tip of the Day: Take steps to limi... [Published Idaho Statesman - Apr 18 2013]
Educating Colleges On Climate Change [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Mar 05 2013]
New leader in teaching, learning [Published Harvard Gazette - Feb 21 2013]
Technology to the classroom [Published Harvard Gazette - Feb 15 2013]
Dershowitz: The high cost of defending Israel [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - Feb 08 2013]
EdX expansion set for spring [Published Harvard Gazette - Dec 19 2012]
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What Should the Supreme Court Do About Affirmat... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - May 20 2013] Author's note: the following review of the book Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students Its Intended to Help and Why Universities Won’t Admit It by Richard H Sander and Stuart Taylor, Jr. was commissioned by Leon Wieseltier of the New Republic ...
Educating Colleges On Climate Change [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Mar 05 2013] Bill McKibben continues his crusade against fossil fuels, making the case for divestment at college campuses: In the 1980s, 156 colleges divested from companies that did business in apartheid South Africa, a stand that Nelson Mandela credited with ...
Dershowitz: The high cost of defending Israel [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - Feb 08 2013] The high cost of defending Israel by Alan M. Dershowitz February 8, 2013 at 1:30 am http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3582/defending-israel span style="text-decoration: initial;"> Print Send Comment RSS Share: ...