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...college before getting a degree—the six-year graduation rate at UMass-Amherst is 62 percent for students who enrolled in 1998. The number decreases at other UMass campuses, with UMass-Dartmouth at 50 percent and UMass-Boston at 28 percent. However, Long added, the onus is also on families to plan ahead for their children’s education so that they are not faced with loans and are, in some cases, forced to drop out. “Families need to take advantage of saving options such as 529 plans,” Long said. Bowles...
...they choke off the flow of cheap imports into the U.S. The increase in the cost of living far outweighs the gains made by keeping uncompetitive businesses afloat. In other words, though a seamstress may have lost her job to China, everybody’s getting cheaper clothes. The onus is on policymakers to help the seamstress make a seamless transitions to a competitively sustainable job. Unfortunately, the gains of free trade are enjoyed by the masses and go relatively unnoticed, while the losses fall on a concentrated, vocal few. Though the needs and concerns of those who are being...
...makes college so valuable in the first place is the opportunity that it affords students to define their own academic paths and devote their efforts to the pursuit of true interests. Accountability, then, should be stressed not only on an institutional level, but also on an individual one; the onus ultimately falls on the students themselves to make their college learning experience a meaningful...
...kind of continuity in an ancient college that will celebrate its 400th birthday during my 30th reunion. It’s a feeling of being part of something bigger. Put in the effort to help plan happy hour, plant flowers in your courtyard, or start a foosball league. The onus falls upon the current generation of students to sustain old traditions and start new ones.Not To Do:1. Don’t hole up in your bedroom. Sleep is for the weak, and work can wait another day. The joy of a House stems from the fact that there...
...with so many pitchers,” Cole says. “I think there’s definitely a lot of potential on the staff this year.” With a potent Harvard offense in place that stacks heavy hitters up and down the lineup, the onus falls on the pitching staff to hold up its end of the bargain. “If you just look at our lineup, we have nine guys who can swing the stick,” Haviland says, “so it’s going to depend on not just...