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According to the report, raising the cutoff would “discourage ‘average?? students from attempting a more challenging program...and may simply increase the pressure [on professors] to give magna-level grades and thesis readings...

Author: By Jessica E. Vascellaro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty Group Calls for Grade Scale Changes | 4/18/2002 | See Source »

AAUP said the average salary for a male professor at Harvard was $147,000, while women made $134,900 on average??a gap slightly smaller than the national average...

Author: By Christopher M. Loomis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Faculty Earn Twice National Average | 4/16/2002 | See Source »

...elaborate. It’s as simple as lying on your tax returns. Most Americans’ returns are checked against records submitted by their employer. But Americans who are self-employed, or whose income derives from investments or partnerships—who tend to be wealthier than average??face no such scrutiny. The IRS, which has been kept on a shoestring budget for several years now, can only review one of every 400 partnerships. Well-off tax evaders have virtually no chance of getting caught...

Author: By Stephen E. Sachs, STEPHEN E. SACHS | Title: Robin Hood In Reverse | 4/9/2002 | See Source »

...spank me.” In terms of phallic-shaped goodies, the inexperienced should start with the six-inch, white chocolate “Mr. Average?? ($2.79), while the ambitious will easily down the foot-long milk chocolate “Mac Daddy” ($19.99). Chandra, a college student shopping for her “man” this Valentine’s Day, believes the latter item confirms a popular stereotype. “It’s true what they say about chocolate dicks!” she says. Like frosting? Try the cream-filled...

Author: By William L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Night, Out of Love | 2/14/2002 | See Source »

...sample standard deviation but, alas, that is the slang) has become a fetish among certain circles of science concentrators because it’s generally agreed that “making it” on an exam—that is, getting one standard deviation or more above the average??is a guaranteed “A.” Assuming that scores on an exam are normally distributed, making the “sigma” means doing better than roughly 85 percent of the class. Students who miss the average by a sigma also know that...

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, | Title: Did You Make The Sigma? | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

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