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...Pyongyang into promising to abandon its nuclear-weapons program, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has repeatedly made and then reneged on such accords. But for the Bush Administration, whose officials had once speculated openly about the possibility of forcing Kim from power by cutting off his regime from aid and trade, the agreement signed on Tuesday represented a victory-albeit a small one. Now, the immediate question it faces is simple: Have the U.S. and its four negotiating partners-South Korea, China, Russia and Japan-laid a solid foundation for a lasting deal on North Korea's nukes...
...what it preaches. Though a Catholic establishment, Jean-Baptiste de la Salle gets applications from more and more parents from other backgrounds who want better instruction and discipline than their kids can receive in the disadvantaged area's public schools. Around 50% of students admitted qualify for the financial aid the state offers to students turning to private education. That means that what gets them in is not money or religion, but dedication to study, Héloir notes. Only 27% of its 2,436 students are practicing Catholics, compared to 25% Muslims, 8% Jews and 4% Protestants; the rest...
...endowments of their own—as their examples, and are citing the endowments of institutions like Harvard and Yale as their goal. Ultimately, the plan aims to cultivate a “culture of giving” to provide a new funding source for university programs and financial aid. Such a culture of philanthropy has been essential to American institutions’ ability to create endowments, said Donella M. Rapier, Harvard’s vice president for alumni affairs and development. “Certainly all institutions are hoping to engender that same kind of culture all around...
...increase federal Pell Grant funding by the largest amount in three decades last week. But some experts have suggested that the increase may instead disadvantage the lowest-income students entering universities, though Harvard students will likely not be affected. The Pell Grant—a form of federal financial aid that allows more than five million low-income students to receive help—would come at the expense of reducing or eliminating 44 other financial aid iniatives, according to a congressional budget proposal. That cut would include eliminating the Supplemental Educational Opportunities Grant, which supplements the neediest of Pell...
...drawing conclusions about Iranian intentions based on Iranian operations in Iraq isn't so simple. It's been clear for years that the Iranians are exerting influence in Iraq; the surprise would be if they weren't. Even after Sunday's briefing the nature and extent of Iranian military aid to Iraqi militants remains difficult to assess. "It's plausible deniability," the intelligence analyst explained...