Word: levelness
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...monetary rectitude. That crescendo of protest led France's Economy Minister Christine Lagarde to remind French economic daily Les Echos that Paris had long "sounded the alarm at the risk of irritating" more relaxed euro partners. She applauded signs that they had become "worried about the euro's level, and voiced their wishes to see concerted action" in response. Before the G-7 summit opens, Lagarde said she hoped to see "the entire Eurogroup adopt France's position...
...University of California at Los Angeles received upwards of 50,000 applications last year. Standardized tests might be a terrible system, but they are better than the alternatives.What reformers and Fitzsimmons’ Commission should focus on, then, is not getting rid of standardized tests but finding ways to level the playing field within the context of the existing system. There are many ways to do so. The College Board, which administers the SAT, could reduce the cost of their expensive and lucrative test prep materials so that preparation becomes less of a luxury good. Moreover, colleges could share with...
...from being just. Many students who need financial support still do not qualify for basic FAP funding—after all, $6,000 is still a sizable chunk of a family’s income, especially if that family is just barely making over three times the poverty level...
...AMCAS application fee for up to 12 medical schools. Moreover, after gathering data that showed the high cost deters students from applying to medical school, the AAMC broadened eligibility requirements for FAP this year; now, students with annual family incomes of up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level may qualify...
...Democrats want, and they accuse the Democrats of making SCHIP into a political football. Kuhl said he voted for a stopgap measure that extended the program, which was due to expire this week, by 45 days and is co-author of a bill that would further extend the current level of funding by eight months while Congress and the White House work out a compromise. "I'm not voting against health care for poor children, I'm voting for it," said Kuhl, who won reelection in 2004 with just 51.4 % of the vote. "The people who elected me didn...