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Plus, if you thought the acceptance rate for normal applicants was small... think again. In comparison to the record low 7.1 percent rate this year, acceptance for transfers is miniscule (traditionally, about five percent). So really, transfers probably wouldn’t have gotten in anyway, and Pilbeam is just saving everyone’s time and energy, not to mention a lot of seniors’ sanity...

Author: By Nicola C. Perlman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hate it: Transfer Students | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...immigration game. Last February, the UK government introduced a new, Australian-style points system for non-EU immigrants, requiring English language proficiency as well as education and earnings minimums for the right to stay. With a growing population of Pakistani and Bangladeshi Britons who are undereducated, unemployed, and low earners, the British government’s stance reflects a politically brave and long overdue acknowledgement that its postwar immigration policy was problematic. It also reflects the acknowledgment that past efforts to help groups who immigrated during that time have been largely ineffective, and thus current immigration should be limited with...

Author: By Emily C. Ingram | Title: Stirring the Pot | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...advertising,” Reno says. “If you have great food, people will find it.”The Hoxallari brothers’ popularity and success is well-deserved. The menu, scrawled on a blackboard in pink and white chalk, is a haven for hungry students low on cash. With options ranging from Chicken Parmigiana ($7.95) to Wild Mushroom Risotto ($8.49) to Sautéed Calamari ($6.25), odds are Basta Pasta is serving whatever you’re craving. I order the calamari and expect the usual deep-fried artery-blocker. Instead, Altin surprises me with squid...

Author: By Sha Jin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mama Mia, Basta Pasta | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...Similarly, results from the Department for Education and Skills published in 2006 also show that Pakistani and Bangladeshi children in Britain have low levels of education, denoting a lack of progress since immigration. National exams taken at age 16—the General Certificate of Secondary Education—show that Pakistani and Bangladeshi children are well below the 40 percent mean of British children gaining 5 or more passing grades (C or higher in any subjects including English and Math), considered by the government to be a standard for passing high school. According to Professor Modood?...

Author: By Emily C. Ingram | Title: Stirring the Pot | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

...low earnings and low educational standards, Professor Ceri Peach of Oxford University finds that Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in Britain have some of the highest levels of self-segregation of all ethnic groups in Britain. Although he acknowledges that poverty plays a role in residential segregation in disadvantaged neighborhoods, Peach argues that much of it is self-imposed, through a “positive desire for clustering” for cultural and linguistic reasons. Segregation can hinder learning in English-speaking British schools and limit job networking. In turn, this may limit job opportunities and success on the job, which usually...

Author: By Emily C. Ingram | Title: Stirring the Pot | 4/9/2008 | See Source »

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