Word: corporationsã
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
This is not the first time that Harvard’s computer science classes have received donations from technology corporations??—last October, CS 50 TFs received free tablet PCs from Microsoft to test out. But the Google initiative marks the first time in recent years that the department has received mobile devices, according to Malan...
...believe the role of the Overseer is to oversee,” Silverglate said, adding that he sees it as a “deadly” trend that organizations—both non-profits and for-profit corporations??are increasingly “being run by their administrators rather than by their boards...
...almost seems crass to rain on this self-righteous congratulatory parade, but, if unionization results in higher wages and benefits, where is the money coming from? The Harvard Corporation is unlikely to open the endowment’s coffers, so the University—like all corporations??has a limited budget, and therefore endeavors to minimize its costs. If security guards become more expensive, the University will either raise tuition or decrease employment. Since tuition raises are limited by popular outcry, benefits to unionized workers are likely to come at the expense of those who actually need wages...
...publicity stunt.” These sentiments were echoed by Matthew A. Opitz ’10 and Benjamin Landau-Beispiel ’10, members of HIPJ. Opitz said that since “the main backers of the WTO are major, multinational corporations?? who do not wish ordinary people to have a voice in its processes, he “very much doubt[s] that anything significant will come from Lamy’s speech.” Landau-Beispiel added that he was against free trade. “The market in and of itself...
...positive first-step, but doesn’t solve the dual-career problem. “I don’t want the institutions to think that [the consortium] absolves them of responsibility,” she said. McCleary said she thinks academic institutions should act more like corporations??being more flexible in terms of keeping families together, and helping them find housing and employment opportunities. HERC was first created by a group of northern California schools. Southern California and the New York-New Jersey areas have followed suit. The website can be accessed at www.newenglandherc.org...