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Business savvy can be a flaw, academics say

By Zoe Tillman · March 16, 2006

The upcoming departure of Harvard University's president could serve as a warning for university leaders who come from backgrounds outside the ivory tower of academia. Increasingly, college and university presidents are coming from the business world, rather than from the ranks of the faculty, and many of them govern accordingly.

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SAT-style scoring in use in some courses

By Zoe Tillman · March 15, 2006

The Daily Pennsylvanian The recent scoring mishap on the SAT has revealed one potential flaw in fill-in-the-bubble multiple-choice testing method, used at universities across the country, including Penn. The College Board -- which administers the SAT Reasoning Test and Subject Tests -- admitted this month that about 4,000 tests from October were scored incorrectly.

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