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More than 30 colleges and universities have been damaged by Hurricane Katrina, with as many as 100,000 students displaced, according to a Sept. 2 statement by the American Council on Education. Many of the affected schools, including Tulane University, the University of New Orleans (UNO), Xavier University, and Dillard University, have closed for at least the fall semester, though UNO plans to offer electronic classes in October, according to the school’s website. Hundreds of colleges and universities across the country have opened their doors to the displaced students, letting them enroll with visiting status until their...
...clothes cheaply. But leading manufacturers like Luen Thai are also trying to add value in other areas, for example, by streamlining the supply chain and making their customers' jobs easier. At the Dongguan compound, Luen Thai provides major clients such as Polo Ralph Lauren and U.S. department-store chain Dillard's with dedicated teams of designers, merchandisers and sales staff?all housed in plush offices located on the factory site. Keeping designers close to production cuts development time and improves communication. Luen Thai teams are also able to learn about client expectations for materials, styles and costs. Eager to please...
...either strike the right chord or strike out. These days, no one can afford to be so haphazard. After picking their designer, Stroll and Chou targeted four department-store chains where they saw a void in the designer better market--including Federated, May Department Stores, Saks Inc. and Dillard's. Then they signed several licensing deals including watches and men's suits, shirts and ties. To prevent the stores from cherry picking, they made the unusual stipulation that in order to carry any part of the collection, retailers would have to buy from each category. Finally, they devised a family...
...better than Bush's. A Democratic Administration would have been more patient and deliberative about going to war and would have created a larger coalition of allies. The U.N. would have been on board, and the U.S. would not be in the mess it's in now. ROBERT WATSON Dillard...
...James Dillard isn't negotiating anymore. The former teacher and current member of the Virginia house of delegates met repeatedly with Department of Education officials and even visited the White House to complain about No Child Left Behind, the law President Bush signed two years ago that requires states to test students in reading and math every year and penalizes schools that don't meet standards. Dillard wanted more flexibility in administering the policy; he got none. So last month he led the house of delegates in passing a symbolic resolution calling for Congress to exempt Virginia from...