Word: anderson
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...performance between races.“In general, black students are more likely than white students to come from educational backgrounds that will not adequately prepare them for the challenges of college,” Bok and Bowen write. Latino students’ organization Fuerza Latina president Christina L. Anderson ’08 agrees that minority students may struggle in an environment that is more academically competitive than their educational backgrounds have been. But she says she still stands behind affirmative action. “It aims to give everyone equal footing,” Anderson says.Anderson does...
...Senior Eva Wang and freshman Laura Peterzan, who both went 7-0 in league singles play, were named Ivy Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, respectively, earning spots on the All-Ivy singles first team. In addition, the No. 1 doubles tandem of co-captains Melissa Anderson and junior Elsa O’Riain went unbeaten in league play, earning a unanimous selection to the all-Ivy first doubles team. “Almost all of [the Ivy teams] play us now expecting to lose,” Anderson said. “Although they really, really...
...Anderson's premise, once you accept it, is like a song you can't get out of your head: you start seeing long tails everywhere. Microbrews become the long tail of beers, for example. Blogs are the long tail of journalism. Even porn has its version--the increasingly bizarre porn fetish sites that could be profitable only...
More recently, though, in a 2003 academic paper that Anderson says influenced his theory, three management professors looked at the 80/20 rule in reverse. They upended the belief that the Internet's main benefit to consumers would be lower prices. Instead, they suggested that greater value online came from consumers having access to a wider selection of products and services. The key for businesses hoping to capitalize on the long tail, says Carnegie Mellon's Michael D. Smith, one of the paper's authors, is to cater to "significant heterogeneity in taste." Even though a majority of us may like...
...ANDERSON COOPER...