Word: meritable
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...graduated from Harvard. By contrast, real estate tycoon Charles Kushner pledged $2.5 million to Harvard just as his son Jared prepared to apply. Even though an official at Jared’s own high school acknowledged that the scion’s GPA and SATs didn’t merit Harvard admission, he nonetheless won a spot in the Class of ’03. In sum, the examples of admissions-for-donations quid-pro-quos in Golden’s book amount to many millions of dollars in revenue for Harvard. If the University did away with legacy preferences...
...three candidates are sparring over how to fund stem cell research. Although all of the candidates support such research, they disagree about how to allocate state research money, specifically whether Harvard should receive a significant share of it. While Chris F. O. Gabrieli ’81 supports a merit-based award system, Deval L. Patrick ’78 and Thomas F. Reilly favor giving large grants to the University of Massachusetts. At the Sept. 7 debate, held at the Kennedy School of Government, State Attorney General Reilly said, “Harvard’s got plenty...
...Colleges argue that they tailor aid packages, even in early admissions programs, to lower-income students' needs. Merit scholarships are also available at many schools for early admits. Students who apply by Nov. 15 to Smith College in Northampton, Mass., are eligible for its STRIDE merit scholarship, along with "competitive" aid packages, says Debra Shaver, Smith's director of admissions. "Students would get the same financial aid package whether they apply early or regular," she adds...
...security arrangements as "a shambles." Last week, O'Leary went a step further by suing the British government for $5.7 million for what Ryanair claims to have lost through cancellations and lost bookings in the week after the plot's discovery. The government says the suit has no merit. O'Leary, who has promised to give the money to charity if the company wins, said: "Ryanair's sole motive in this action is to defeat terrorism by returning airport security to normal." Other airlines affected, including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, aren't joining Ryanair in its suit. Analysts...
...forgo a presidential race and set her sights on rising within the Senate leadership, toward the possibility of becoming the first woman majority leader someday. She has worked to tamp down talk of her national ambition by proving there is no New York concern too parochial to merit her attention. When an Appropriations subcommittee passed a bill that was loaded with goodies for New York recently, Hillary's staff bombarded reporters' e-mail with seven press releases in just over an hour, making sure she got credit for communications equipment for Onondaga and Rockland counties, economic-development assistance for Staten...