Word: earning
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...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...
...compete in the video game and portable multimedia player business. The Xbox has only started to make money recently and the margins are small. It was first introduced in 2001 and Microsoft has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in development and marketing, money that it may never earn back. It looked at Sony's (SNE) success with the PlayStation and believed it could take away some of that business. Once it started to make some progress Nintento came into the market with its Wii. The global console business cannot support three highly profitable competitors. (See pictures of the history...
...course, there must have been something beyond the Boston weather that inspired him to stick around, as he proceeded to stay at Harvard not only to earn his master’s and Ph.D. under Professor of American History James T. Kloppenberg, but also to teach others as a lecturer in the History department. It may look like fate in hindsight—both of his parents are teachers—but he was never certain that he would be following in their footsteps...
...History and Literature concentrator and Adams resident, and now an Associate Professor in the History Department, Jasanoff has only begun to make her mark on Harvard. On the way from her cozy Adams dorm room to her current office in the Center for European Studies, Jasanoff managed to earn a Masters at Oxford, a Ph.D. at Yale, publish her first book (with a second on the way), earn a fellowship at the Michigan Society of Fellows, and spend a few years teaching at the University of Virginia. While this fast-paced track into academia might seem intimidating to some...
...said Bennett A. Caughey ’10, “He’s done so many things. It’s ridiculous.” After graduating from medical school at the age of 22, Zucker went on to earn a law degree, realizing that he would be able to save more lives on a policy scale than from inside a hospital. “You need a balance,” he said, emphasizing the need to seek intellectual stimulation in one’s career. “You need to keep some sense of excitement...