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Michael E. Wall

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When Worlds Collide: Tutoring in Prisons

Mac S. Little stares across the table at his new tutor. "Why am I here?" he says nonchalantly. "Murder." The


Graduation Orators Announced

Two independent judging committees have selected a slate of six student orators to speak at Commencement and Class Day exercises


CUE Guide Extends Coverage, Introduces 5-Point Rating Scale

The Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) this year has instituted a number of changes in its annual course guide in


Brinkley, M'Farquhar Get Teaching Honor

As Harvard struggles to define the role of undergraduate education in the tenure process, the Undergraduate Council at a banquet


Nicaraguan Contradictions

W HEN ASKED by friend to describe his visit to Nicaragua, Indian novelist Salman Rushdie replied, "I've been taking snapshots....There's


CUE Sends Tenure Plan To Faculty

A sharply divided Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) voted yesterday to forward an Undergraduate Council proposal which calls for increased


Assessing the Value of a Harvard Education

When Harvard's Economics Department wanted to improve its huge introductory course, Social Analysis 10, researchers did a careful study which


Dissenting Opinion

T HE RESTRAINT shown by Harvard students during William Coors' recent visit to the University did not prove Harvard students'


Paying the Price of a Harvard Education

He comes from the slums of New York, what he calls "the dark side of the city." His father died