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...availability of often-expensive admissions consulting was one of the benefits that Aktipis wanted to bring to students from lower-income families in order to level the playing field...
Since teaching fellows were hired before course enrollment was determined, the lower enrollment means a more favorable teaching fellow-to-student ratio...
...aims to help talented lower-income high school students gain admission to selective colleges, according to CSA director Maxine Rodburg...
...latest moves follow a series of financial aid initiatives that have sprung up in the last few years in the Ivy League. In 2004, Harvard announced the Harvard Financial Initiative, aimed at lowering or eliminating the burden for lower-income families. Yale announced a similar program...
...critical jurisprudential principle: that judges ought to have the authority to guarantee that the punishments they dictate fit the crimes for which they are given. Unlike the mandatory minimum sentences mandated by many state legislatures, sentencing guidelines are not absolutely binding, yet appeals courts have a tendency to overturn lower judges’ sentences when they diverge substantially from the guidelines’ suggestions. Although these regulations are useful tools that improve consistency in sentencing, they can constrain judges by preventing them from considering cases in light of mitigating circumstances. Empowering judges to evaluate cases more thoroughly, without fear...