Word: naming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Carole S. Fungaroli, an English professor at Georgetown University and the author of Traditional Degrees for Non-Traditional Students, has personally experienced the effect of a big-name school--and it seems little to do with the actual education...
...says she is sure the Harvard name, like other high-prestige universities, will get you far in the boardroom and the classroom alike...
...Harvard name] did provide some level of legitimation for taking the risk the institutions were taking," he says. "Nothing ever felt easy, but looking back on it, we were 25- or 26- year-olds looking to raise $200,000 for a pilot...
...What the Harvard name can do is provide a bit of prejudice in one way or the other," he says. " 'They come from a privileged institution and a privileged background' is the assumption. You have to build a level of trust over time...
After almost 30 years in the political game, Rep. Barney Frank '61 (D-Mass.) has found that the value of a Harvard degree lies in the learning, not the name...