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...long argued that health is a big part of living standards--and in 1990 he helped create the United Nations' Human Development Index, which combines health and education data with per capita GDP to give a more complete view of the wealth of nations (the U.S. currently comes in 12th, while on per capita GDP alone, it ranks second). Stiglitz, a Columbia professor and former World Bank chief economist, advocates a "green net national product" that takes into account the depletion of natural resources. Also sure to come up in the French discussion is the currently fashionable idea of trying...
...community,” and suggested that the money could be used to provide support for student and faculty, particularly for their students who frequently go into relatively low-paying public service professions. The school is best known for its education and teacher-preparation programs. The gift is the 12th largest private donation to an institution of higher education in the past 40 years, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Harvard does not rank among the recipients for the 100 largest private donations. Yesterday’s gift also represents a substantial boon for Tufts, which, like Lesley, will...
...Promise Alliance, an education nonprofit. What's worse, the news seemed to surprise low-performing school districts, in part because many have been underestimating their dropout rates: some marked as graduates those who promised to eventually take a GED, while others didn't record dropouts who left before the 12th grade...
...Harvard thrived on Sunday, going 5-2 in its races to place second in its fleet, behind 6-1 Stanford. That finish was good enough for 12th overall...
Sophomore skipper Alex Bick and freshman crew Colin Santangelo sailed to 12th in the A division, while a pair of freshmen led the B-division boat to sixth place...