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...good grades won't help you at all--but the lack thereof will stick out like a sore thumb. If the Harvard faculty implemented (and publicized) a strict grading policy, no one would forget how hard it is to get in here in the first place. A Harvard diploma would maintain its value, a good transcript would be an additional selling point...
...some alums and quiet undergrads to decisive action. Next year, Harvard fans, hang that terrier out to dry. Don't just shame B.U. fans on the ice. Try pummeling them with water balloons. Fight back, and scream your loudest negative cheers. Don't let your energy wane as your diploma yellows...
Given the price tag on a college diploma, even comfortably middle-class parents might be forgiven for wondering where to find $100,000 to send a child to a private college for four years. Many are convinced that if they were much richer -- or much poorer -- money would not be a problem. Some view a private- college education as an entitlement, much like unlimited high-tech health care. Such attitudes harden during difficult economic times and a tight job market, when a degree from a top school becomes all the more precious just when it is hardest to afford...
...with a male shortage study which appeared in Newsweek. I saw a lot of women I knew who went to Harvard sort of browbeaten for having made this terrible choice of seeking a diploma. Right after the Newsweek story came out I was at a wedding and it was "Topic A" at the wedding for all the single women...
...standard curriculum will probably disappear. Basic mathematical, reading and writing skills will still be required of advanced students, along with, for Americans, a solid background in U.S. history and government. But there will be greater specialization for students who want it. The mass-production approach to the high school diploma will vanish in favor of competency tests in subjects as diverse as physics, metalwork, music and graphic design. Potential employers and college admissions officers would then have a much more specific idea of a student's skills and training...