At Harvard, a move to test how well students are learning

The federal government wants to start tracking how well the nation's colleges teach. This could spur some of the biggest changes campuses have seen in decades -- and perhaps threaten the very idea of a liberal education.

BY LINDA K. WERTHEIMER

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FATHER’S DAY

Slowly slipping away, but still my dad

While Alzheimer’s Disease robs my father of his wit and dignity, Parkinson’s Disease takes its toll on his strength. Yet he’s still full of love and humor.
IRS may have targeted conservatives more broadly

While the developing scandal over the IRS’s targeting of conservatives has largely focused on its scrutiny of groups with words such as “tea party” or “patriot” in their names, new examples could point to a secret political vendetta within the government against conservatives.
REMEMBERING VIETNAM

To absent comrades: Memorial Day memories

For veterans like Dalton Narine, who experienced unfathomable horrors in Vietnam, the war lives on in their nightmares.

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