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...Kwong says. “Everything is electronic but they make us print it out.” ‘PROSTITUTES IN THE LOBBY’Even after scoring some cash for his thesis research—a total of $7,000 from three different institutions??Kwong found that the process didn’t get any easier. “You don’t really know how much you’re going to spend,” Kwong says. “I ended up spending half of my budget on photocopying stuff...
...Harvard and the Ivy League.”According to the Times article, a few of this year’s recruits had fewer points on the Academic Index—the Ivy League’s measure for determining if recruited athletes meet the academic standards of member institutions??than would have been allowed in previous years. The Academic Index formula relies on an athlete’s GPA, standardized test scores, and class rank to determine a “score” that is weighed in the recruiting process.The Times reported that, according...
...wealthiest university in the world cannot take full responsibility for its impact, what hope is there for other leading institutions and countries to work against devastating climate change? Rather than lag behind, Harvard must spearhead this effort by developing robust practices for measuring, accounting for and reducing institutions?? greenhouse gas emissions. The first step is to commit to climate neutrality...
...visited Harvard, I thought the Science Center was ugly, and the buildings in the Yard all looked the same. Having just beheld sculptured gothic at Yale and Princeton, I was left wondering why Harvard’s functional architecture didn’t impress as much as its peer institutions??. But I see now that the less grandiose aesthetic of this campus is not a failure of imagination but an authentic chronicle of its long past and an integral part of the college’s unique character...
...growth. Harvard’s payout from its endowment has met its 5 percent goal only once in the last decade, in 2003 when investment returns dipped to 12.5 percent, the lowest rate of the past five years. Proponents of a 5 percent mandate note that other tax-exempt institutions??such as private foundations—are already subject to the rule, as originally required by the Tax Reform Act of 1969. In a press release detailing the initiative, Yale President Richard C. Levin said the $307 million budget increase would go toward expanding scientific research and upping...