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...student body by at least 10,000 students and to cap enrollment at all 23 of its campuses. Says Terry Hartle of the American Council on Education, a lobbying firm that represents 1,800 colleges and universities: "What you're seeing in California is a double witching hour." Cal State, which experienced a 20% increase in first-year applications this fall, is the first public university to cap enrollment since the market meltdown in September, a move other schools may follow as 21 states grapple with midyear budget cuts to public colleges and universities in the wake of financial Armageddon...
...enough resources to serve all the students who want in. "It's not fair to students to admit them to a university and not be able to offer classes, sections and student services that they need and academic advising and help that students deserve," says CSU chancellor Charles Reed. Cal State tried to cope with the economic downturn in the early 1990s by increasing overall class size, but many students could not enroll in the courses they needed and ultimately dropped out. The school is trying to avoid a repeat of those mistakes...
...fact that the average worker now has roughly half the number of dependents to care for they did in 1976, freeing up much more disposable income. Then you have the boost of adopting new technology more or less for free from overseas companies, a phenomenon development economists cal "technology catch up." And lastly, he says, there's urbanization. Some 15 million people are currently moving to Chinese cities every year, giving the economy an enormous boost from the investment in infrastructure like roads, bridges, and hospitals...
...Harry Parker, the four strongest oarsmen from last year’s varsity team traditionally represent Harvard in that race. “Coach tends not to show his cards until the spring season actually begins,” heavyweight captain Teddy Schreck said.And while powerhouses Brown, Washington, and Cal may have selected their best oarsmen for the championship eight event, that doesn’t mean the Crimson faced weak teams, as Wisconsin, Stanford, and Yale all assigned their most experienced rowers to the fours. Led by junior coxswain Joseph Lin and Schreck, the four heavyweight rowers...
...Wayne signed his first deal at age 11 after rhyming on a record executive's answering machine. At 12, he distinguished himself by starring as the Tin Man in his gifted middle school's production of The Wiz--and by accidentally shooting himself in the chest with a .44-cal. while imitating Travis Bickle in his bedroom. After teenage years that were lost to the comically awful gangsta group Hot Boys (like 'N Sync with shivs), Wayne went solo and undertook a transformation almost unprecedented in hip-hop. Over four years, he morphed from a mediocre rapper with a thuggish...