Word: cowens
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...them charters. By their nature, charters favor spreading decision-making authority away from central boards. That's roughly in accord with the philosophy growing out of an exercise conducted by the city to rethink the school system as it comes back to life. Under the direction of Scott Cowen, president of Tulane University, the BNOB education committee interviewed 20 national experts, examined school programs from New York City to Oakland, Calif., and called in the Rand Corp. for advice...
...goal is to release two movies a year; Pixar has done one every 18 months. A steering committee is supposed to protect Pixar's culture, and Cook says Jobs agreed to sell only after getting a guarantee that Pixar wouldn't be Disneyfied. But the price is steep. SG Cowen analyst Lowell Singer estimates that if Pixar doesn't produce four films every three years, Disney's profits will take a hit. Says Singer: "Disney is paying a price for Pixar that requires flawless execution...
...visiting Tulane freshman, wrote in an e-mail. “Unfortunately I won’t be able to compete after this school year.” But he added that he is still excited about going to Tulane this spring. Tulane’s president, Scott S. Cowen, wrote in a message on the university’s website that 86 percent of the students are expected to return when the school reopens in January. Housing facilities devastated by the floods have forced the school to host some students in cruise ships on the Mississippi River next semester...
...reality, there is no agreement between Harvard and Tulane that all the visiting students will return. My father has been in contact with Scott Cowen, the President of Tulane, both through e-mail and in person, concerning such an agreement and, if it even existed, asking for my release from it. Cowen definitively stated that I am “free to withdraw from Tulane at any time and pursue [my] education wherever [I] desire[].” This recognizes the right of students to make their own academic choices and seek admission to the schools that they feel best...
...class of 2009 already having stated its intention to return to campus, Tulane is not worried about losing a handful of students to Harvard. Tulane is not interested in depriving students of their liberty and forcing them to return to New Orleans. Our applying to Harvard is sanctioned by Cowen, so any arguments opposing the transfer of Tulane freshmen must be rooted in the interests of Harvard and its student body...