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The trustees of the New School , an eclectic university in downtown Manhattan, selected David E. Van Zandt , dean of the Northwestern Law School, on Thursday to be its eighth president.
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Every year, the scene plays out in classrooms across the nation. A child clings to his mother, tears welling in his eyes as he pleads with her to stay a few moments longer.
Marc Hauser’s academic career was soaring when suddenly, three years ago, Harvard authorities raided his laboratory and confiscated computers and records.
In the spring of 2008, the Denver public school system needed to plug a $400 million hole in its pension fund. Bankers at JPMorgan Chase offered what seemed to be a perfect solution. Enlarge This Image David Zalubowski/Associated Press DEFENDER OF THE DEAL Senator Michael F
Related Times Topic: Michael Winerip Enlarge This Image Andy Manis for The New York Times â??After third grade there, I told my husband, Garner would go nowhere in life and the family would fall apart. We had to leave.â?? Beth Moss, on why the family moved from Tennessee to Madison
Related Times Topic: Michael Winerip Enlarge This Image Andy Manis for The New York Times â??After third grade there, I told my husband, Garner would go nowhere in life and the family would fall apart. We had to leave.â?? Beth Moss, on why the family moved from Tennessee to Madison. MADISON, Wis.
WASHINGTON — Saying that reforming education is perhaps “the economic issue of our time,” President Obama went before a major civil rights organization on Thursday to defend his main education program against criticisms from some minority and teachers groups. “It’s an economic issue when the unemployment rate for folks who’ve never gone to college is almost double what it is for those who have,” Mr. Obama said, according to prepared remarks
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Jennifer J. Raab , who has been the president of Hunter College for nine years, has also been an urban planner, corporate lawyer, campaign manager and, before leading Hunter, chairwoman of the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission