Kurt Fischer of Harvard University is working to improve education through applying knowledge gained through biology. Kurt Fischer and his colleagues looked at the revolution in brain scanning, genetics, and other biological technologies and decided that most teachers and students weren
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Howard E. Gardner '65 submitted this op-ed on January 29, 2007. He appended Faust's name and the final paragraph after today's news reporting. With the nomination of Drew Gilpin Faust as the 28th president of Harvard University, the lengthy, largely secretive process has come to at an end. Whatever one thought of the Summers era and its ending, those who…
Harvard to name first female president The appointment of a new president will be announced on Sunday after a special meeting of the university's board of overseers, the alumni governing body that must approve the selection, according to a university official with knowledge of the selection process. Ms Faust, a historian who specialises in the civil war and the US…
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Chennai, May. 28: Success and growth are popular themes these days. However, it is a reality that many organisations slip and decline, and at times fail to survive. Unless, of course, they did an about turn to return to the black. Sunil Kumar Maheshwari studies six cases of corporate renewal in 'Turnaround Excellence' [Source: Hindu Times]
LAKEWOOD RANCH -- One of the nation's leading educational theorists, who says intelligence can be measured in ways beyond test scores and standard assessments, comes to the Lakewood Ranch campus of The Out-of-Door Academy next week. Dr. Howard Gardner introduced the theory of multiple intelligences in 1983 and has since applied the concept worldwide and brought its tenets to millions.…
An assignment to write rap songs on civil rights heroes has enhanced lessons for Scott Sayre's students. It's also led to a recording experience. [Source: LA Times]