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Harvard's next planned venture to invest University resources into the community will focus on Boston education, according to University officials...
...Michael Cowan, chairman of the U.C. academic senate, which would have to approve Atkinson's proposal, estimates that changing the admissions procedure to resemble that of an elite liberal-arts college may require a 100% increase in the admissions budget. Atkinson is undeterred. "We have no choice but to invest the necessary funds," he says. "The stakes are too high not to ensure the job is done right...
...rich, meanwhile, still prefer paying bribes to paying their taxes. The 7% growth Russia saw in 2000 came off a severely contracted economic base and was mostly the result of the world spike in oil prices. And Russia did not use the oil boom as an opportunity to invest in its collapsing infrastructure, and it may well fail to pay its foreign debts if prices drop further. "How long it takes before a crisis breaks out depends on oil prices," said Stiglitz. With Courtis predicting that the price will fall past $20 per bbl.--good news, on the other hand...
...Michael Cowan, chairman of the U.C. academic senate, which would have to approve Atkinson's proposal, estimates that changing the admissions procedure to resemble that of an ?lite liberal-arts college may require a 100% increase in the admissions budget. Atkinson is undeterred. "We have no choice but to invest the necessary funds," he says. "The stakes are too high not to ensure the job is done right...
...undergraduate education. The administration of President Neil L. Rudenstine has been marked by relative disinterest in issues of undergraduate education in favor of fundraising and administrative activities. Now that Harvard's capital campaign is complete and the coffers full, the new president must not squander the opportunity to invest in the undergraduate experience, especially in areas where Harvard may be falling behind such as science and technology. The College remains the central part of this University, and the next president's strengths and interests should reflect this fact--he or she should have an intense interest in, and significant experience...