William Deresiewicz will take a sharp look at the high-pressure conveyor belt that begins with parents and counselors who demand perfect grades and culminates in the skewed applications Deresiewicz saw firsthand as a member of Yale’s admissions committee. As schools shift focus from the human-ities to "practical" subjects like economics and computer science, students are losing the ability to think in innovative ways. Deresiewicz explains how college should be a time for self-discovery, when students can establish their own values and measures of success, so they can forge their own path. He address-es parents, students, educators, and anyone who's interested in the direction of American society-featuring stories from real students and graduates he has corresponded with over the years—candidly exposing where the system is broken and clearly presenting solutions.
Sponsored by The Center For Studies in Higher Education & The Residential Education's Resident Faculty Program.
Center for Computational Biology Industry Seminar - March 20, 2008
Speaker: Alain Rappaport, General Manager of Health Search, Microsoft Health Solutions Group
Berkeley hosts the West Coast Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, a three-day event (January 17-19, 2014), designed to encourage attendees to pursue careers in a field where women are still a minority. Talks, panel discussions, lab tours and a career fair will be held the University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
The conference, which will draw nearly 170 women from the western U.S. who major in physics and related fields, is one of eight concurrent regional conferences sponsored by the American Physical Society that attract about 1,000 women nationwide.
Video produced by Roxanne Makasdjian & Phil Ebiner
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