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...believe that Harvard is selling or distributing his information, he says he had no idea that an outside vendor was involved when he signed up for the @college service.Bakker isn’t alone. The decision to outsource undergraduates’ e-mail—made partly due to cost constraints—was unknown to many students using the service, and the revelation has raised privacy concerns among some, despite assurances from administrators that their correspondence will remain safe.THE SEARCHMail2World is a Los Angeles-based e-mail services company that provides e-mail accounts and capabilities to individuals...
...staffers and professors with “reshaping” their operations—but with few specifics emerging in the wake of the charge, a confused Faculty is waiting with bated breath for details.At the time, Smith called for broad-based restructuring of FAS, instead of simply shaving costs at the edges, to make up a $220 million deficit over the next two years.“Reshaping starts with the academic activities we’re doing,” said the FAS leader. “We have to prioritize them, decide which ones we want...
Most Harvard students rationalize the exorbitant cost of their education by viewing it as a prudent investment. Armed with bachelors’ degrees branded with Harvard’s prestigious name, many expect careers lucrative enough to exceed the nearly $200,000 spent during their four years in Cambridge. In order to result in a net utility gain and therein to serve as a judicious investment, the benefits of student’s time spent under the Crimson must exceed the costs—both the direct financial cost of attending, pegged at $48,868 for next year...
...Numerous studies have arrived at the same conclusion: namely, that it pays to go to selective schools. Harvard economist Caroline Hoxby found that students at elite universities can expect to earn back the difference in cost between the tuition at their first-rank private institution and a third-rank public institution more than 30 times over the course of their careers. Ronald Ehrenberg, a Cornell University economist, also found compelling evidence of a significant economic return to attending a private university: a premium that the data suggests has increased over time...
...where will lawmakers find the money? President Obama proposed a $634 billion "reserve fund," paid for by higher taxes on the wealthy, but even if that passes, experts say it won't be enough to cover even half the cost of comprehensive health-care reform over the next 10 years. Hospitals and doctors are also bracing for what they expect will be efforts to cut the reimbursements they get for treating patients under Medicare and Medicaid. (See an illustrated time line of Obama's first 100 days in office...