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...people who created the SAT, back when the letters stood for Scholastic Aptitude Test, thought they had made an exam that measured the pure capacity of students' minds to absorb college material; the SAT was a direct descendant of early IQ tests. So imagine their surprise when one day in the 1950s, a Brooklyn, N.Y., high school principal arrived at the headquarters of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, N.J., bearing the news that a young man named Stanley Kaplan was operating a thriving little business out of his parents' basement coaching students on how to raise their scores...
...quantity of reading. Soon, overwhelmed by four (or five) classes’ worth of impossible course work, most Harvardians realize that they won’t survive unless they ditch some of their texts. Very few students I’ve met in my two-plus years here actually absorb word-for-word every assigned page (and the rare ones who review all the material do so over reading period...
...result of the insurance policy changes, all students will now pay $1126 in student health fees for the year—down $300 from last year. The cost of the supplemental plan has increased from $1404 to $1714 this year in order to absorb the additional pharmacy and lab testing benefits...
...claim, for handling claims from the next big storm). And their public utility, Florida Power & Light (FPL), is lobbying the state for a 30% rate hike (vital, FPL execs insist, for upgrading infrastructure). "It all seems out of control to people here at the time when they can least absorb it," says Dr. Jose Valladares, president of the conservative Fair Property Tax for All in Miami-Dade. (Read about Florida's property-tax revolt...
...will chair the University committee comprised of faculty, staff, students, and Harvard police representatives. The announcement did not clarify the specific responsibilities of the safety committee. The University did not respond to a request for comment over the weekend. University Ombudsman Lydia L. Cummings ’70 will absorb public safety ombudsman responsibilities in her role and bring campus concerns to the attention of administrators and the University Safety Advisory Committee. In addition to implementing the recommendations, the announcement stated that the University will also expand the role of the police department’s diversity and community liaison...