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...Standards Board (FASB), a private group based in Norwalk, Conn., that sets accounting rules in the U.S., to look into the matter. FASB spokesman Neal McGarity says his organization is doing that, but the banking industry is skeptical and wants more pressure from the SEC. "SEC is refusing to act further on this issue," says Scott Talbott, a top bank lobbyist. (See the top 10 financial-crisis buzzwords...
...After two remarkable seasons that carried the Harvard skaters through such a wide emotional spectrum, this current Crimson group had a tough act to follow...
...Charter schools are another important tool in fostering higher levels of academic achievement. They offer smaller class sizes, more rigorous course loads, and provide students with a viable alternative to failing public schools—placing additional pressure on these schools to improve in response. They also act as “laboratories of innovation,” according to President Obama, in turning out new education methods. Many large cities, including New York and Los Angeles, have seen significant improvement in education quality thanks to the proliferation of charter schools. Illogically, 26 states cap the number of charter schools...
...Smith wrote. “I would like to clarify, however, that the role of committees is to provide recommendations to the deans, who then make decisions with the benefit of those recommendations. It is important that we not conflate the two activities, even if the dean empowered to act is participating in the work of the issue.” While many believed that the Dowling Report left more issues open than resolved, its recommendation that student-faculty committees be organized in a hierarchical fashion and given decision-making power was widely considered to be its most ground-breaking...
...position for an eventual return to the table - is in play right now. If in the next few weeks the North launches what it terms a "satellite intended for peaceful purposes" - in truth, a long-range missile capable of reaching Alaska - it will be the North's most provocative act since it tested a nuke in the autumn of 2006. Bosworth and, earlier, his boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have already beseeched the Chinese to intervene with the North, and diplomats in Seoul say that Beijing has done so. If Pyongyang ignores that counsel, says Victor Cha, former director...