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...Committee on Admissions has always taken into account the fact that test scores can be affected by such factors as schooling, intensive test preparation, and socioeconomic background. We have long been aware that the test-taking experience of students may be affected by their financial and educational resources. In particular, we recognize that students from modest economic backgrounds have a limited number of fee waivers for tests and may not be able to take them as many times as affluent students. We also know that research clearly indicates that score increases are generally modest after two test sittings. We will...
...Grace). "I don't know who you are," Bryan says, his voice icy with a strong man's resolve. "I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue...
...House of Representatives passed President Obama's $819 billion plan to stimulate the struggling U.S. economy. But while the package that passed in a 244-188 nearly party-line vote (and didn't garner a single Republican vote) included a bevy of tax cuts and spending programs, one particular item that has been the subject of much debate this week was notably missing...
...particular, the American embargo of Cuba has proven spectacularly unsuccessful in its stated goal: bringing down the Communist dictatorship. It has, however, succeeded in impoverishing the general population and placing the Cuban people in a state of cultural isolation, such that they have no opportunity to see the beneficial side of our mixed-market economic system and continually view the United States as a dangerous aggressor and a cause of their poverty. Today, many experts agree that ending the costly and counterproductive embargo would almost certainly contribute to an end to the Castro regime. Its continuation does little but galvanize...
Known as the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act, the legislation would aid universities by eliminating the “historic dollar value” rule currently in effect in Massachusetts. The rule, a product of legislation dating from the 1970s, prevents institutions from spending from a particular endowment fund if its value falls “underwater”—below levels pegged to a specific point in time, such as the donor’s date of death...