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...initiatives that have begun to address these shortcomings haven’t been cheap??and more will be needed to make further progress. Harvard’s president must compel the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to spend its precious dollars on priorities that the Faculty itself might not share. (In addition, the president must be willing to spend his or her own discretionary funding on undergraduates, as Summers did on several occasions.) Conversely, FAS’ bleak financial outlook must not justify an attempt to cut existing programs, let alone hamper new ones?...
There are those who say that Harvard can’t get manage its endowment on the cheap??that, put simply, this is “the market price” for outstanding returns. To the contrary, this pay level has not been established by competition on the free marketplace but is merely an irresponsibly generous figure set by a group of people whose names have not been revealed (but should be). Even if the endowment were to be managed externally, the sheer size of Harvard’s endowment would give it extraordinary leverage to negotiate favorable...
...proven so challenging for graduate students at Harvard to access affordable dental care? Comprehensive dental insurance is expensive. Although you may know people who have “cheap?? dental insurance premiums, up to 70 percent of their dental premium is likely paid directly by their employer as an employee benefit. However, nearly 40 percent of Americans are not offered dental coverage by their employer; therefore, a large percentage of Harvard undergraduates and their parents lack dental insurance. To compound problems for graduate students, most individuals over the age of 25 are no longer eligible for coverage under...
...move was designed, Terry said, to “show people that we’re really serious and not just trying to be cheap??—to head off the criticism of Senior Gift Plus he and others were expecting. “The counterattack was really, ‘oh you guys basically just want to save money, and be on a moral high horse or grandstand...
...lime green walls are mounted with an endless array of sample handbags named after girls—Kelly, Patricia, Tiffany et al. With John Mayer blasting overhead, guests customize handbag prototypes on handsome workbench spaces in this veritable altar to chick lit. The bags don’t come cheap??mini makeup bags start at $25 and the more popular large tote bags go for $125—but there’s no obligation to buy. (Most do.) BYO wine, cheese and cocktails to get the creative juices flowing...