Word: citings
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They disagree on the explanation. Some cite the complacent "yuppie" mentality of the '80s. Others blame corporations and big law firms for a lack of real philanthropy...
...argument that the houses are already sufficiently diverse is transparently specious. I don't need to cite statistics for you to know that house stereotypes are not entirely unfounded...
...past, some college officials have suggested experimentation with alcohol is an unavoidable "maturation rite," Johnson says. Adherents of this view cite surveys tracking college classes over a four-year period, which suggest that although students tend to drink excessively during their first years, consumption decreases by their senior years...
...fact that tuition, room, board and fees for seven of the eight Ivy League schools fall within a 2 percent range of each other. Further, a group of northeastern schools annually cite each others' price raises to justify pushing their own fees into the $19,000-range, far in excess of inflation. Finally, some of the schools admit to sharing the range of their tuition increases with each other well in advance of public notification...
Jewett and a growing number of followers say the current system--which maximizes student choice--has resulted in a housing situation that is unacceptable at a school which strives for diversity. They cite a growing bulk of evidence that several houses have skewed populations of varsity athletes, Asian-Americans and other minority groups, and they say such living arrangements foster stereotyes and prejudice...