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...solve the world’s social problems,” Cohen said. “If we dither and delay in dealing with housing repossession, unemployment, and inflation, then the backlash against capitalism will be serious.” ENTERPRISING NONPROFITSSummit attendees split up in the afternoon to attend interactive classroom sessions on a variety of topics. Business School professors Herman B. “Dutch” Leonard ’74 and Allen S. Grossman moderated a session on the future of social enterprise.Panelist Andrea Silbert ’86, president of the Eos Foundation, a private...
Although it is unclear whether North Korea’s “Great Leader,” Kim Jong-il, will attend, higher officers from the North Korean Ministry of Culture, students, and citizens will be among the audience members, Hong said...
...looking for.OPTING OUTStudents applying to the QuestBridge National College Match Program rank up to eight colleges and submit an application by Sept. 30, months before normal deadlines. The majority of applicants are from households with incomes of less than $60,000.When students get their decisions, they are required to attend the highest-ranked school that admits them, with the exception of a few schools that are non-binding.Each student accepted this way receives a full scholarship. If they don’t gain admission in the early round, their applications are put through the regular decision process.Colleges participating in the program...
...inappropriate - such as the Florida middle school instructor who was suspended Oct. 2 after writing a racial slur about Obama on his blackboard. Other situations, however, are more ambiguous. Consider the class of first graders at a San Francisco charter school, which recently had a school-sponsored outing to attend the wedding of their lesbian teacher. Three weeks from now, California voters will vote on Proposition 8, an anti-gay marriage ballot initiative, and proponents of that measure decry the field trip as overtly political. "This is promoting same-sex marriage and indoctrinating young kids," says Frank Schubert, co-manager...
...interpreting election laws that vary from state to state, misunderstandings - or misinformation - could have an even greater impact this year than in 2004, given the anticipated bulge in student turnout. Most of the trouble comes from nailing down where college students should be counted as residents if they attend school in one state but go home to another during the holidays. The Supreme Court's position is clear: a 1979 ruling found that all students have the right to vote where they attend college. But local officials often make students travel a rocky road. In recent months, registrars in counties...