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XX No.
4 March / April 2008 |
This issue of the Faculty Newsletter features "Nuclear Disarmament Activities at MIT: Rising from the Ashes," a call for a revival of the nuclear disarmament movement, and our editorial, which suggests it's time for an MIT Faculty Senate.
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| Spellings Commission on the Future of Higher Education Hints at National Standardized Testing for Universities Jonathan King reviews the who's and why's of the push for standardized testing for universities. |
| Skills, Big Ideas, and Getting Grades Out of the Way A new approach to grading that deals with the inevitable "What is the class average?" |
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Almost exactly 25 years ago, in a speech launching his "Star Wars" initiative, President Reagan said: " I call on the scientific community in our country, those . . . |
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Editorial The recent report on declining biomedical R&D investment, “A Broken Pipeline?” carried poignant profiles of young scientists whose biomedical research programs . . . |
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From the Faculty Chair
Which principles and strategies should guide MIT’s increasing international engagements? This is not a new question: As far back as 1975, an ad hoc . . . |
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Teach Talk “What was class average?” I feel like I have been asked a 1,000 times, and I confess, each time it makes me cringe. It tells me the student is fixated on evaluation, not . . . |
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Following procedures outlined in the Policies and Procedures of the MIT Faculty Newsletter, an Institute-wide election for two new members of the FNL Editorial Board. |
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As President Bush approached his final year in office, his Secretary of Education released the administration’s major policy document on higher education, a report . . . |
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It was great to read some of the early details about the upcoming $500M Campaign for Students that were revealed by the Chancellor in the January/February . . . |
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MIT Poetry Here treasures rest as light / Melts the insular rain of Paris |
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Problem sets are the backbone of our teaching in many subjects; for many, problem solving is the essence of the MIT education. Faculty usually make their . . . |
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If the goal of the Winston-Manning resolution which was introduced at the faculty meeting on October 17, 2007, was to express the faculty’s concern regarding the . . . |
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Professor Sanyal mischaracterizes Professor Winston’s motives and mine, and wrings his hands about imaginary insults, humiliation, indecency, lack of civility, pain . . . |
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We are writing in our capacity as student and administrative leaders regarding an important issue that we have joined forces to address. |
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We, the undersigned faculty members, consider the issues raised by student leaders to be important matters for the Institute. We believe that it is crucial to take these . . . |
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