Word: fee
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Australia, and demand keeps growing - three-quarters of a million children attended some form of care in 2004, 10,000 more than the year before. Pregnant women are urged to enrol their unborn offspring for a day-care place a year or two ahead of time - often paying a fee to join a waiting list - only to be told by apologetic center staff, "We'll let you know." And it's getting more and more expensive: the price of child care rose almost 10% in the year to September 2005. At 35, Melbourne mother Simone is keenly aware that time...
Also, TIPS can offer a false sense of security, says Jim Ludwick, a fee-only financial adviser in Odenton, Md. The inflation adjustment is pegged to the Consumer Price Index, which he believes understates true cost-of-living increases. Says Ludwick: "This is a product for people who don't want to risk losing money...
...random freshmen.” If not to the Currier Ten Man, where is a freshman to go? That party hosts are often openly dismissive of this constituency who pays its share to fund parties is disturbing. By accepting funding that is derived from the student activities fee that every student on campus pays, hosts of UC-funded parties are implicitly accepting the responsibility to entertain the student body at large, especially those in so-called,“super party suites,” which obtain double funding each time they apply...
...burden still too often inhibits students desiring to study abroad from actually venturing out of Cambridge. Harvard-sponsored programs, regardless of their locations, have Harvardian price tags. The summer programs, which last from three to six weeks, cost between $4,500 and $7,700, excluding airfare, a health insurance fee, and so on. Although we are pleased to see that financial aid and a limited number of grants are available for these opportunities, in line with the current plans called for by the Committee on Education Abroad, we hope to see these funds expand to keep pace with the growing...
...Greenfield said that if indeed the high prices of coursepacks are largely avoidable, forcing students to pay the copyright fee twice is “almost fraudulent” and “entirely unreasonable.” But, he added, “cheaper coursepacks may be far more realistic than anyone has been thinking they were, and that’s exciting...