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...full freshman class. Because private undergraduate colleges draw an average of 60% of their operating costs from tuition revenue, a student shortfall could cause a painful budget crunch, forcing schools to cut programs, slash faculty salaries and potentially raise tuition for students already enrolled. With admissions letters in the mail, many colleges are as nervous as the high school seniors waiting for word. Nailing the target class size is always "like landing a 747 in your backyard," says Skidmore president Philip Glotzbach. This year many colleges are prepping for the bumpiest landing...
...World Economic Forum in Davos in January, Manuel warned that billion-dollar bailouts were a distraction from a bigger, supranational task: the creation of truly global regulation to oversee global capitalism. Or as he recently put it to Johannesburg weekly the Financial Mail: "If you were a doctor and your patient had major cardiovascular and lung problems, prescribing an aspirin ... might make him feel better, but would it solve the problem?" At the G-20, the developing world will look to Manuel to speak for them, as he often does. The humbled leaders of rich nations are likely to listen...
...just in time, FAS has announced that e-mail will be down from midnight until 7 a.m. today. But never fear! Those of you using @college will still be able to check your blackberries/iphones obsessively in the early hours of the morning...
...vice-president said they hoped to continue and expand on the cultural change initiated by Kagan. The Law School’s student government has emphasized the importance of communicating with students about their concerns, launching a blog to publicize their efforts and reaching out to students via e-mail to solicit suggestions for improvement. —Staff writer Elias J. Groll can be reached at egroll@fas.harvard.edu...
...Capitol Hill, many longtime Cheney watchers say his performance was typical of the man. "Much of what he said was self-serving," Leahy told TIME by e-mail, "and just like the old days, he seems to believe that the best defense of his record is to launch new attacks." (See America's worst Vice Presidents...