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...over the last decade. The enrollment in these programs has steadily increased over time, attesting to the demand for them within the student body and their importance. If Harvard were providing the same types of programs, the same level of quality and cross-generational experience from which many women benefit at Radcliffe, then we could all agree that Radcliffe had finally achieved its goal and should pass on 100 percent of that responsibility to Harvard College. But for now, Radcliffe is right to retain some supervisory oversight of female undergraduates...
This semester is likely the last opportunity Harvard students will have to benefit from the instruction of Associate Professor of Government Peter Berkowitz. In the spring of 1997, after a highly suspect proceeding, Berkowitz was denied tenure, despite having earned the recommendation of his department...
Learning English, the world's language of business and commerce, will provide immigrants with their best chance for success. Those who claim otherwise are not in touch with the challenges new immigrants face. Immigrants come here to escape bad times in their own countries and to benefit from the opportunities the United States offers. Learning the language allows them to compete in the marketplace and helps them put food on the table...
...Emporio Armani store on Fifth Avenue in downtown Manhattan. There's a benefit here tonight for the Refugee Project, a nonprofit organization Lauryn Hill founded to encourage social activism among urban youth. Hill is here, and the cameras are flashing. Her musical performance on Saturday Night Live has boosted her album back to the upper reaches of the charts. In a few days she will receive 10 Grammy nominations, the most ever by a female artist...
...ever say again he's not charitable. According to Fortune.com, Microsoft's megaboss just plunked down $3.3 billion for the benefit of two charitable foundations, whose names (if not functions) you may recognize: the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation. The former supports world health and human services programs, while the latter helps libraries in poor neighborhoods obtain software and computer services. TIME magazine Wall Street columnist Daniel Kadlec says that this is believed to be "the largest charitable donation by any individual. The donations are a testament not only to Microsoft's huge success, but also...