Word: across-the-board
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...concept of a targeted, University-wide campaign was actually one of three discussed with the deans, Corporation and COUR. In addition to the across-the-board campaign mirroring Rudenstine’s effort, the option of letting the schools conduct their own campaigns was considered...
...fact, the 2001 changes mirrored a similar across-the-board increase in financial aid at the country’s premier colleges that took place just three years earlier...
...League policy makers, however, may not stop at football. Also under consideration, as ordered by Ivy League presidents, is an across-the-board reduction in the number of athletic recruits...
...League policy makers, however, may not stop at football. Also under consideration, as ordered by Ivy League presidents, is an across-the-board reduction in the number of athletic recruits...
What's already clear, Neumark says, is that living wages, which focus on impoverished workers, are more effective than across-the-board increases in the minimum wage. Minimum wages don't target the poor very well, he contends, because much of the benefit flows to teenagers from middle-income homes who work part time at the Gap or Wendy's. Living wages, however, target the poor quite effectively. Many businesses have found that the productivity gains, lower turnover and greater loyalty that accompany higher wages help offset the costs to employers. A study by the San Francisco department of public...