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...unpaid internships. All too often, students must work without compensation in order to gain entry-level positions in various job fields, and we feel that this practice goes against the ideal of fairness by which employers should abide. After all, only a certain percentage of the population can afford to do an unpaid internship, perpetuating inequality. To best remedy this, we feel that the United States should eliminate unpaid internships altogether, except for those at non-profit organizations...
...race plagued by allegations of fraud, terming the decision premature. Abdullah’s concession to Karzai dispossessed the Afghan government of any democratic legitimacy, thus depriving the country of much-needed stability. The implication of this politically expedient maneuver, we concluded, was that the United States could not afford to factor in the chimerical prospect of a stable democracy in Afghanistan as it considers its policy toward the region...
...office of technology development is working to apply global-access strategies to all medical technologies emerging from our labs—not just neglected tropical diseases. It is also developing ways to provide access in lower-middle-income countries like India, where the majority of the population still cannot afford expensive medical treatments. While much work remains to be done, Harvard has begun to show itself as a leader among peer institutions in implementing its commitments to global access...
...intensely local, both in terms of curriculum and culture. Such schools do not guarantee a college education; they simply equip girls to maximize their impact in their hometowns by holding jobs outside the home and ensuring the education of the next generation of girls. In doing so, these schools afford women new economic value in their local communities and animate a bottom-up theory of change...
...There is not any institution in this country that can afford to or does verify everything people submit. It’s just not a practical possibility,” Nassirian said. “You can’t really fault Harvard for not calling every high school and obtaining a duplicate copy of every transcript and every recommendation people submit...