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...Further, Harvard is currently slowing down construction in Allston, freezing budgets, and slowing the hiring of new faculty. Some academic programs have had to cut the number of students they admit. If Harvard does not even have enough money for these activities central to a research and teaching institution, then luxuries should certainly be dispensed with, even if this means less work for janitors and other staff...
...high,” she said. “We’ve been filling sessions. We’ve had people standing in hallways.” Admission this year is likely to be more selective, Leopold said. Despite the increased interest, the school does not plan to admit more than about 100 students, the number accepted last year. The 2+2 program allows students to apply to HBS in the summer following their junior year of college. After graduating, admitted students enter the workforce for two years and then study for two years at the business school. Leopold...
...represent a wide range of ages. One student in Holinger’s class actually flies in every week from Georgia to take his course at the Extension School. Holinger adds that while the Extension School officially caps its creative writing courses at 15 students, he tends to admit more than that “because life intervenes, and students’ lives change: they move away unexpectedly, they change jobs, they have a baby—whatever.” When he’s selecting students for his classes, Hollinger explains that he tries to ignore their ages...
...admit it—before Yardfest 2009 began to materialize, I too was among the many Harvard students who had never heard the name Sara Bareilles. I had, however, subconsciously internalized the lyrics to “Love Song,” as its ubiquity was hard to avoid. By the end of 2008 it had reached the top 10 of the Billboard charts—higher than singles by Rihanna, Coldplay, or Chris Brown. This is not to imply, of course, that popularity necessarily implies quality (“Lollipop” ranked...
...Holinger adds that while the Extension School officially caps its creative writing courses at 15 students, he tends to admit more than that “because life intervenes, and students’ lives change: they move away unexpectedly, they change jobs, they have a baby—whatever...