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...forced him out.Following Kirby’s resignation, former dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Peter T. Ellison wrote in a statement that Summers’ “undermining the authority of a dean in front of others, hollow statements of support, and denials that appear less than fully truthful” had driven him to leave his administrative position.Ellison also called for Summers to step down as president, making him the highest-profile Harvard affiliate to do so.Summers’ battle with the Faculty reached its breaking point at a Feb. 7, 2006 faculty...
...issue," says Dean Baker, who co-founded the Center for Economic Policy Research. "People aren't buying because they just lost a lot of money and might be about to lose their job." Lastly, it is not even clear the program is needed. Yes, banks and other lenders do appear to be stuck with loans they don't want, some of which will go bad, but so far it doesn't seem like they are pulling back credit from consumers. According to Synovate, the average household had a combined credit limit on all the plastic in their wallet...
This year's survey highlighted one big group of students who appear to be underserved by many schools: transfer students. NSSE found some 40% of seniors had started at a different institution. Yet according to the survey respondents, transfers tend to receive some of the lowest amount of support on campus. They speak less frequently with faculty members about future plans, work less often with classmates on assignments and half the number of transfers participate in co-curricular activities at about half the rate as non-transfer students. "Schools simply must work harder to pull transfer students in because they...
...battle of the New York Ivies, Cornell would appear to be the heavy favorite. Senior quarterback Nathan Ford leads the Ancient Eight’s top passing offense into Manhattan after a confidence-building rout over Dartmouth the Doormat, which also played the victim in Columbia’s lone win of the season...
...office has since backtracked, and his remarks seem based on impulse. Obama, however, must not act hastily, and must evaluate the project from a balanced perspective. To reject the shield’s installation simply because of Russia’s posturing and a desire to seem diplomatic would appear as a critical sign of weakness to his counterpart in Moscow...