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...problem, though, is that the differences in the raw data went away once Barker and Miller controlled for other variables - like what language was spoken at home and whether a parent had lost a job...
...houses. "For people who have stayed put for a long time, there's really no difference between ownership and rental," says Barker. One theory about why that would be the case: moving into an owned home is more likely to signify a good event has taken place (a new job in a new town, say), whereas moving into a rented home is more likely to signify a bad turn (parents getting divorced, perhaps). Those other events are then influencing performance in school, the thinking goes, not homeownership or renting per se. (See pictures of Americans in their homes...
Edward C. Forst ’82, Harvard’s first executive vice president who stepped down Aug. 1 after a year on the job, will return to Goldman Sachs on Sept. 8 as the firm’s senior strategy officer while continuing to advise Harvard on finances and capital planning...
After Harvard’s nearly $37 billion endowment took a precipitous plunge, Forst’s job description expanded to include working with administrators across the University to close budgetary gaps at the schools. Many school leaders described his involvement in the budget-cutting process as “critical,” and Forst met with Faust on an almost daily basis...
...power - sometimes even more than elected officials - and have long called the shots on everything from budget formulation to foreign policy. The DPJ has vowed to expand the power of the Prime Minister's office and the Cabinet, something pursued by previous Prime Ministers. But it's a delicate job, and one that could easily go sour. (See pictures of Japan in 1989 and Japan...