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...student fees is a problem that contributes to the national malaise of immigration policy. As it is, international students are largely bracketed to those who are wealthy enough to afford the cost of attending school in a different country. They are not eligible for federal aid and have to factor in expenses such as travel. As a result, socioeconomic diversity is sorely lacking amongst international students. Visas fees ought not add to the prohibitive barriers for students to study in the U.S. Most worrisome is that these federal regulations place the culture of welcoming international students at stake...
...addition to scores that gauge political candidates, cars, and household appliances, environmental friendliness is now also a factor considered in the 2009 edition of the Princeton Review’s 368 Best Colleges book to be released this summer. The April 22 announcement comes after 63 percent of the 10,300 respondents to the Princeton Review’s annual “College Hopes & Worries Survey” said that “they would value having information about a college’s commitment to the environment and that it may impact their decision to apply...
Economists who study currency movements aren't so sure. They figure the usual cyclical ups and downs are a big factor in the dollar's fall. How much of a factor? Who knows? "I try not to talk to reporters too much these days," says Menzie Chinn, a University of Wisconsin economist who is one of the nation's leading academic currency watchers. "Because, frankly, I'm confused...
...Beyond the weather factor, which is obviously huge, I think students were pumped about Yardfest, everybody was taking about it,” said CEB chair John F. Pararas ’08-’09. “The artist selection made people get excited that it was something different...
Television viewing was also shown to be a risk factor in overweight children...