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...varied, but a large chunk of it has to do with the free and open dissemination of information—everything from computer software to constitutional documents to daily news stories. Institutions of higher learning would do well to place educational materials among this growing list, not in a for-profit or for-credit manner, but as a resource among resources...
...provisions on issue ads should also be retained in the House of Representatives. The bill limits television advertisements by for-profit corporations or labor unions that refer to a specific candidate within two months of a general election. This measure will help prevent corporations and unions from exploiting a loophole in the election law that allows them to buy campaign ads as long as they avoid the magic words “vote for” or “elect.” In compensation, the bill will use the Federal Communications Commission’s authority over broadcasters...
...employer should relegate workers to bad jobs. For-profit organizations plead market competition to justify their increasing use of temporary and contract workers. Regardless of the dubious validity of this rationale, profits are not a consideration for non-profit organizations--particularly educational institutions. Given Harvard's long history and unparalleled wealth, survival is hardly an issue. Why then should Harvard emulate for-profits in its treatment of non-professional staff? Any growth of non-standard workers at Harvard and our University's unwillingness to commit to a living wage and standard benefits for all its de jure and de facto...
...rough decade of losses caused by a heavy investment in computer-based exams, ETS last year--for the first time in its history--hired a businessman, not an educator, to run the company. And looking to seize a large chunk of the pre-college testing market, it launched a for-profit subsidiary, ETS K-12 Works. ETS president Kurt Landgraf, former CEO of DuPont Pharmaceuticals, hopes to double ETS's overall revenues within five years, to more than $1 billion a year. "The future for testing is in K-12," says Landgraf. "It's the biggest initiative we have...
...rough decade of losses caused by a heavy investment in computer-based exams, ETS last year - for the first time in its history - hired a businessman, not an educator, to run the company. And looking to seize a large chunk of the pre-college testing market, it launched a for-profit subsidiary, ETS K-12 Works. ETS president Kurt Landgraf, former CEO of DuPont Pharmaceuticals, hopes to double ETS's overall revenues within five years, to more than $1 billion a year. "The future for testing is in K-12," says Landgraf. "It's the biggest initiative we have...