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Crazy Idea: Universities EDUCATING Students!

Harvard studies ways to promote teaching

By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff | September 5, 2006

CAMBRIDGE -- Harvard University today begins a new effort to figure out how to improve teaching and make it a bigger factor in whether professors get tenure or raises.

If successful, the initiative could counter Harvard's image as a school that allows professors to neglect undergraduates in favor of the research that wins them grants, book prizes, and fame.

http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2006/09/05/harvard_studies_ways_to_promote_teaching/

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