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...wait list, and rejection letters. The blog also aims to educate applicants and their families about the financial aid process. Several students on the blog discuss how the aid packages will have substantial influence on their ultimate choice of where to matriculate. “My impression of the mission of the blog is that it is trying to reassure people,” said Nicholas A. Geiser, one of the six student contributors. “Even though the economy is kind of sour and financial aid offers are down, it’s still possible to afford...
...Harvard’s objective to deliver socially beneficial outcomes to the public from discoveries made by its faculty is embodied in, and advanced by, OTD’s core mission. We actively foster innovation, identify appropriate industrial partners to develop new inventions made at Harvard, and negotiate license agreements that enable the translation of such inventions into new products in the hope of benefiting society. Every relevant invention made at Harvard is an opportunity to contribute to global health and well-being. We take very seriously our commitment to serve the public good...
...hard by the financial crisis, and it must make significant cuts in order to maintain the quality of its academics. The city council’s request that the university keep unnecessary employees while cutting back on the salaries of faculty, whose presence is more central to the educational mission of the university, is unreasonable. Harvard is first and foremost an educational institution; while providing jobs for people in the community is a worthy goal, its primary mission is education and research...
...city council’s request is unrealistic and, since the council is offering few suggestions that can actually be implemented, seems to be based purely on political concerns. The council needs to recognize that Harvard’s mission lies in education and research, not in job generation, and to stop wasting its time with meaningless theatrics...
...result is doing less than it could and a lot less than the situation merits." Korski says there are a number of ways Europe can make a difference in Afghanistan, aside from simply sending more troops - from helping in the fight against corruption, to the EUPOL mission mentoring and training Afghan police...