Word: accounting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...less true today then they were in Pinchot’s lifetime. The answer to Bush’s irresponsible environmental stewardship is not to revert to Muir’s ideal of preserving pristine wilderness, but to return to the balanced vision of Pinchot. We can take into account the present needs of America’s economy, but we should not irresponsibly prioritize the almighty dollar over all else.Brian J. Rosenberg ’08, a Crimson associate editorial chair, is a biology concentrator in Lowell House...
...applications and standards for admission. The SAT is clearly flawed, counselor recommendations and grades are too variable to rely on, and essays can be altered far beyond a student’s capabilities. Although I do not have a magic solution to this problem, the College must recognize and account for it rather than quietly ignoring it, because it won’t go away. Too many students seek only the paper the degree is printed on and the prestigious name attached. Colleges must do more to distinguish passionate and academically talented students from those with merely pretty applications.The removal...
...dock 15 percent of its disbursals for an unknown purpose. Unthinkable? Not if the ‘government’ is Harvard University and the recipients are student groups. On Sep. 7, Assistant Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin announced that student groups’ donor gift accounts, which allow alumni to earmark their Harvard donations for specific student groups, will face a 15 percent tax on all withdrawals. The tax will start at 5 percent this fiscal year and rise an additional 5 percent per year to 15 percent in the 2009 fiscal year, and this year?...
...points. Both universities handily outpaced the S&P 500 index, which registered an 8.5 percent return over the same period. “The most important issue is, did we meet the University’s target, which is to maintain the value of the endowment and take into account distributions and inflation?” El-Erian said in a phone interview. “Yes, we came in at double that amount.” HMC’s performance was particularly strong in emerging markets—the University earned a 37.8 percent return in this asset...
...European leaders argue that Wolfowitz's decision didn't take into account the circumstances that some countries faced - Congo, for instance, is recovering from a civil war. The Europeans are also critical of the Bank's recent move to measure the quality of governance in countries. European Union development boss Louis Michel told the Development Committee that such a qualitative ranking of countries had limited use. Development needs "dialogue and positive incentives rather than sanctions and conditionality," Michel told the Committee. "Governance can not be limited to fight against corruption. It would be inefficient, superficial and non-sustainable...