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...leading scholar in the world on race, gender and science, according to the department’s chair, Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. Her work on the influence of technology and scientific development on the African-American experience in American culture will undoubtedly attract students wishing to explore this emerging area of study. And Hammonds has years of her prime academic work ahead of her, fitting with Summers’ expressed intention to tenure younger faculty...
Though most buyers of cross-border insurance policies are Latino, the price and quality of Mexican health care attract non-Latinos as well. Marvin Morton, 40, a sheriff's deputy inSan Bernardino, Calif., wanted to get laser surgery to correct his deteriorating eyesight but was unable to have the procedure he wanted covered through his U.S. insurer, Kaiser Permanente. The cost out of pocket, he said, was "outrageous" at $3,000 to $5,000. So Morton and his fellow deputies lobbied their union, which came up with an alternative. The union contracted with two doctors, one in Irvine, Calif...
...those old-fashioned grab-a-prize machines, updated with a hydraulic system that raises the platform holding the prizes. Improbably, it's one of the hot games at a show that is a mix of high-tech gimmickry and homey touches like corn dogs and inflatable scarecrows to attract spectators...
...comes in many forms, but one very visible factor is financial aid. Schools in the Ivy League—and other institutions that only offer need-based aid—cannot target and woo individual students with merit scholarships. Instead, they increase overall levels of need-based aid to attract many members of an incoming class. For fear of losing the best applicants, therefore, competing schools cannot allow their rivals to offer significantly higher need-based aid packages...
Competition between schools creates other positive changes in undergraduate education and college life for students beyond financial aid. Schools constantly improve the quality of food and housing, department advising, class size and class offerings in an attempt to outperform competing schools and attract the eyes, and tuition checks, of prospective students...