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Moving up in the rankings requires raising a school’s average SAT scores, lowering its acceptance rate and increasing its yields (the ratio of those who are admitted versus those who finally attend). To do that, some admissions offices pad their incoming classes with high scorers and early admits, whose higher likelihood of attendance pushes acceptance rates down and yield up, says Amherst’s Parker, an outspoken critic on this issue...
...football players during the Ivy season. The presidents have no motivation to send 70 kids to Montana for a playoff game. That doesn’t draw alums to Harvard Stadium, where—overcome by nostalgia—they decide to give copious amounts of money to pad our cushy endowment. In the end, the ban on the I-AA playoffs seems to be more of a business decision than a decision based on concern for our players. That’s probably why the presidents—not the athletic directors—have the final voice...
Just as important as getting the research rolling is fixing the health-care system kids rely on to get well. Like adults taking mind meds, children often get their drugs not from a specialist in psychiatry and psychopharmacology but from any M.D. with the power of the prescription pad. Usually this means the pediatrician or family doctor, who isn't likely to have the time or training necessary for the extensive evaluations needed before drugs can be properly prescribed--much less the required follow-up visits. "There's no way you can screen for side effects in a 10-year...
Minster says that the buzz surrounding Ex-Rated served as a “launching pad.” “We had the press,” she says, “and from there we moved into a more concrete plan...
...tasks which can be accomplished as well, or nearly as well, with a pencil and paper—and we seem oblivious to the diminishing returns of any move toward the digital solutions. Look at all the people using a $500 PalmPilot to do the work of a pad of note paper if you don’t believe me. Online registration, if experience is any judge, would not only not ameliorate the hassles of study card day but make them significantly worse. I had four years to deal with Cornell’s maddening CourseEnroll, and am delighted...