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...Last year we did "21 Ways to Fix Up America" and convened a summit on service with ServiceNation, a coalition of more than 200 organizations. The high point of that summit was a televised conversation that Judy Woodruff and I had with candidates Barack Obama and John McCain at Columbia University on the evening of Sept...
...image and engender consumer loyalty, isn't that a net good thing? And if they are doing it exclusively to help their bottom line, so what? "I don't care whether companies change for the love of the environment or because of their financial interest," says Geoffrey Heal, a Columbia Business School professor and the author of When Principles Pay. "The most sustainable solution is to have companies responding to financial incentives rather than their own feelings...
...ticket bought by a friend's father, he boarded a plane to New York City--where he arrived with no English, no contacts and just $200 in his pocket. Facing hunger, homelessness and heavy odds, the young refugee--propelled by the kindness of strangers--rose from the streets to Columbia University in two short years. It's a true story, and one that Kidder, the Pulitzer Prize--winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains, crafts into a tale of unspeakable barbarism and unshakable strength. Once he crosses paths with his protagonist, Kidder's narrative loses steam, but he still manages...
...comments ensue about Columbia's acceptance rate and...outsourcing sex to other New York colleges. "can the men at NYU integrate your curves?" inquires one commenter...
...Columbia administrators are probably rubbing their hands in anticipation of next year: because these rankings are based on 2008 data, the past year's financial trouble for many top schools (which, comparatively, Columbia escaped) will only be taken into account next year. Then again, it wouldn't surprise anyone to find a financially incompetent school on top again - US News has its ways...