Word: affordability
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...understandable that not every public-service organization can afford to participate in processes similar to e-recruiting. In light of this problem, the college can be instrumental in helping students learn about them anyway. The Center for Public Interest Careers at Harvard does just that. CPIC offers students the opportunity to secure internships at a broad spectrum of nonprofit and public-service organizations in many major cities throughout America. Many of the organizations with which CPIC is involved are small, and students would not hear of them otherwise. Last year, 76 Harvard students found summer internships through CPIC, and there...
...Student Events Fund is an outstanding program. It allows students who are on financial aid to buy tickets to campus events that they otherwise could not afford and brings the Harvard community closer together by allowing all a chance to spend time together regardless of financial means. The new SEF website, much simpler to navigate, now makes it even easier for students to participate...
...wants to get in a separate line labeled exclusively for students who can’t afford to be in the other line? Receiving financial aid is nothing to be ashamed of, but not all students are comfortable with broadcasting their family’s wealth. If Harvard is going to have a program to help students attend all of the impressive events this community has to offer, then it should do it in a way that keeps students’ financial statuses private...
...enter creates an awkward situation for everyone involved. A similar situation occurs when someone attends an event with a group of friends. While all their pals wait in the main line, they must make their way over to the SEF table to get the ticket they could not afford to buy, setting them apart from the group...
...quite risk averse. We worry about the downside - it's where we live. Our insurance premiums can be crushing: it's $240,000 a year for a neurosurgeon in New York now. One way or another, it's an expense that gets passed down to all. Can our country afford this luxury at this time? Want more medical care for less money? Get the lawyers out of our garden, and find a better way to sanction bad practices without damaging everyone. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...