Word: duke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Duke, Georgetown, MIT, Tufts, Yale and Washington Universities, as well as the University of Massachusetts, sent similar letters, according to an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
...Harvard men's basketball team starts its season on the road at Duke, then gets a "breather" at Connecticut, followed by a trip to Indiana and Kansas. A sure 0-4 start, right...
ESPP fills the niche that is currently unaccounted for but also currently filled by other respected universities such as Tufts, Duke, and, yes, even Yale. We have equally qualified professors and courses; we must allow our students to receive credit for taking these classes. In fact, we need programs like ESPP to encourage students to take these courses--for the good of the University, the students, and for the betterment of our environment...
...Standard Maintenance Allowance is what a specific family supposedly needs to sustain itself. The benchmark family of four with one child in college is allowed $16,180 in living expenses. No adjustment is made for cities with higher living costs. James Belvin Jr., director of Duke University's undergraduate financial-aid office, has "seen it all" when it comes to families trying to wrangle more dollars from the school. "You have people listing more than $1,000 a month for food alone. There's the maid service, dog grooming, country-club fees, tennis and ballet lessons, you name...
...other kinds of burdens are hard to calculate. "The whole financial-aid process can make you bitter," says Marie-Helene Grabman of Charlotte, North Carolina, whose daughter Genevieve hoped to go to Duke. Genevieve's father Michael is a construction manager with income in the low 60s. In reaching their aid offers, Duke and other schools did not to take into account Marie- Helene's own expenses for full-time college study to further develop a % career, or that Michael's diabetes meant the family should set aside medical contingency funds. Complains Michael: "I feel we were punished for saving...