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These changes would not just be good for students and their families. When Harvard students leave their alma mater believing that their needs have been respected, they are more likely to show their gratitude with contributions...

Author: By Terri E. Gerstein, | Title: Champagne Parties on Beer Budgets | 4/30/1990 | See Source »

...Fernando, my alma mater, is fairly typical of the sprawling L.A. Unified School District, the nation's second largest. And typically, it is in deep trouble. Despite vigorous efforts by a strongly committed core of teachers and administrators, the school's vital indicators are startlingly bleak. The yearly 20% dropout rate is more than double the California average, and a quarter of the student body is absent on any given day. In reading and math, San Fernando seniors rank in the bottom 5% statewide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Blackboard Jungle | 4/30/1990 | See Source »

...when Cleary chooses Tomassoni, he will be able to point to Tomassoni's loyalty to Harvard. The RPI graduate has already turned down offers to take over the top position at Notre Dame and his alma mater...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Tomassoni Is a 'Very, Very, Very, Very, Very Leading Candidate' | 2/15/1990 | See Source »

...Donato, a 1986 graduate of local hockey powerhouse Catholic Memorial (also the alma mater of Crimson goaltender Chuckie Hughes), has been skating with his old high school club...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Red Raiders at Lynah | 1/24/1990 | See Source »

...over two years of Harvard to get to this point. What will two more years do? And what about 25? Will I eventually turn into one of those gray-haired, Harvard-tie-wearing alumni who sit in the front row and munch caviar while cheering on the old alma mater every year...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: Can't Help Being Bourgeois | 11/21/1989 | See Source »

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