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...Mittelman managed domestic bonds—which account for 11 percent of the company’s policy portfolio—and Samuels steered the five percent of the portfolio invested in foreign bonds...
...recent months, the U.S. Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education has proposed the implementation of standardized testing at colleges and universities across the nation. This is part of a larger effort to increase their accountability to students, parents, employers, and the public at large. While the government’s concerns about the quality of higher education are understandable and well-intentioned, the use of standardized testing is an inappropriate and ineffectual solution that should not be pursued.Two main arguments have been made in support of testing: first, that the results will assist...
Nancy Mitford’s 1949 novel “Love in a Cold Climate” spins a witty and scathingly accurate account of pre-World War II British aristocracy...
...sickly aunt dies of liver failure. Within days of the funeral, Polly announces her engagement to her newly widowed uncle, Boy Dougdale. The family is horror-stricken; Lady Montdore vows to cut Polly off without a cent. The repulsive Boy Dougdale—nicknamed the Lecherous Lecturer on account of the “things he does to little girls”—seems slightly shocked as well. Polly, though, is floating on a cloud of bliss...
...community college transfer student applying to Harvard, Markus A. Besselle ’07 summed up his thoughts: “Markus + Getting into Harvard = Hell freezing over.” While almost half of all undergraduates in the country are enrolled in community college, they only account for six percent of transfers to Harvard and less than one percent of the student body.“Top students at community college have a lot to offer elite colleges,” said Josh Wyner, vice president for programming at the Cooke Foundation, a foundation that provides scholarships for students...