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...doesn't become a good problem solver by listening to lectures or reading about statistics." Acknowledging how important extracurricular activities have become on campus, the report calls for a stronger link between the endeavors students pursue inside and outside the classroom. Those studying poverty, for example, absorb more if they also volunteer at a homeless shelter, suggests Bok, whose 2005 book, Our Underachieving Colleges, cites a finding that students remember just 20% of the content of class lectures a week later...
Given the gravity of the situation, controlling the cost of higher education, and of student debt, has become a generational imperative—especially at Harvard and other well-endowed Ivy League schools, which can afford to absorb some of the costs of higher education. We have three suggestions for the Harvard leadership—and we encourage undergraduates to voice their support for them, before the University makes its tuition announcement in March...
...approved the first diet drug for the more than 3 million obese dogs in the U.S. Available this spring, Slentrol reduces the amount of fat Fido can absorb and makes him feel full...
Take tree planting. Although experts agree that trees do suck up CO2 from the atmosphere, there's still no consensus on just how much a forest can absorb in its lifetime. Scientists estimate that, depending on the soil and climate, a hectare of 1,000 trees can process between five and 10 tons of CO2 each year. But the longer the time span, the harder the absorption is to predict. Some companies, such as London's Carbon Clear, say they invest not just in planting trees, but also in ensuring they thrive. But others may not be so diligent...
...businesses keen to brandish their green credentials, this uncertainty is troublesome. In October, Britain's Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint against Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) after it was unable to prove its claim to absorb through tree planting the 140,000 tons of CO2 produced each year by customers. An SSE spokesman admits that scientific uncertainty made it impossible to verify that the 150,000 trees it had planted in the U.K., Brazil and Guatemala covered its assertion...