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...artist's studio in Manhattan. Arnold loved to cook but had only a hidden dorm fridge and a hot plate. When he didn't get caught by the landlord, he amped it up, adding a meat slicer and a deli case. "But nothing is like having a commercial deep fryer," he says. "That's a life changer...
Other confirmed BMW owners include two star economists: “Race in America” professor Roland G. Fryer Jr. and “Principles of Economics” head N. Gregory Mankiw. The latter’s 330xi bears a vanity plate that says “EC 10.” “I’ll pass it on to whoever teaches the course next,” Mankiw says...
Teachers may not be the biggest fans of students’ cell phones, but one Harvard economics professor has embraced them as a possible incentive rather than a distraction. At a lecture on Oct. 10, Professor Roland G. Fryer Jr. told students in Economics 1816 “Race in America” about a plan he is working on that would reward high-performing public school students with cell phones and cell phone minutes, according to multiple students in the class who asked not to be named because Fryer stressed the plan’s confidentiality to them...
...crew during a race, coxswains have the freedom to motivate and encourage in a way that inspires a whole boat’s response.“I think of coxing as a leadership position,” says heavyweight men’s coxswain Ashley-Kay Fryer. “It comes across in the coxing, the voice and what comes out of your mouth. The rowers look to you on the water to make things come together.”That responsibility gives coxswains more room for creativity than anybody else in a boat. Coxswains continually look...
...Exam, would you take it? We certainly would. And if you attend one of 25 low-performing high schools in New York City, now you can. This particular incentive is part of a larger program being implemented in New York City this year under the auspices of Roland Fryer, assistant professor of economics at Harvard. The idea behind the program is to “pay for performance” by monetarily rewarding students who do well on standardized tests. Despite concerns that the program undermines pure academic motives, it is a commendable initiative. Opponents argue that this program weds...