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...Other Harvard academics who have signed the petition include Divinity School Dean William A. Graham; Meyer Professor of Middle East History E. Roger Owen; Jacqueline Bhabha, the executive director of the University Committee on Human Rights Studies; and Emran Qureshi, who is a fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School...
...only way to get this kind of money is to constantly engage donors. The result is that lobbyists and high net-worth individuals receive far more face time, attention, and legislation than virtually anyone else.The irony in all of this is that the monetary value of intern labor, $4,800 per person per summer, is actually greater than the maximum campaign contribution of $4,200 per election cycle permitted by law. (That’s $2,100 in the primary and $2,100 in the general, for those counting.) But most of us interns will never even have a conversation...
...Shanghai, so we've effectively moved Taipei to where Jakarta is. Can you think of anything more stupid than that? We're very strong in R&D, design, incubation and marketing, but it's too expensive to manufacture in Taiwan anymore, so there should be a division of labor between Taiwan and the mainland...
Emran Qureshi—a fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, who also signed the petition—called the charges against Jahanbegloo “lurid,” adding that “Jahanbegloo is a philosopher and apolitical academic...
...tests come up positive. According to a 1999 ACLU study, the federal government spent $11.7 million to find 153 drug users among almost 29,000 employees tested in 1990, a cost of $77,000 per positive test. Many industries, particularly construction, transportation, health care and retail, also face labor shortages, and the fierce competition for workers may compel employers to forgo drug tests that could dissuade or disqualify people from taking a job - either because they take drugs or simply resent the invasion of privacy...