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...some 250 for-profit public schools, with an enrollment of 120,000 students--there were no such classrooms a decade ago--and venture capitalists from Wall Street to Silicon Valley are eagerly pumping funds into educational start-ups. "We originally set out to raise $100 million," says financier Jeffrey Leeds, founder of one such fund. "But the demand [to invest] was so great that we raised our target to $250 million, and we intend to cap it at $300 million...
...Jeffrey Sachs '76 might have earned his Ph.D. in economics at age 26, and sure, he was named a full Harvard professor only three years later. Yes, he did go on to become what The New York Times called "probably the world's most important economist." But Sachs, currently the director of the Center for International Development, only achieved true eminence (as measured by appearances in Rolling Stone and meetings with the Pope) by hanging out with a rock star. In this case, "hanging out" means collaborating on a push for Third World debt relief. The rock star in question...
...When Jeffrey D. Sachs '76 resigned as HIID director last spring, the University took the opportunity to reconsider the institute's mission...
...Even Jeffrey A. Letalien '00, one of the council's most conservative members, decided not only to support but also to sponsor the bill...
...Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education Jeffrey Wolcowitz said the proposal was withdrawn "reluctantly" due to religious objections...