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...seniors will need resolve, because the gift committee resorts to peer pressure. “Stress participation,” the Survival Guide says to solicitors. “Talk specifically about ‘joining with other classmates’ who have made a gift.” Seniors already determined not to give should just say no. They should be forceful about it, too, because the committee also knows how to resist stalling tactics: “By giving now,” according to the Guide, “you won’t be contacted...
...fallacy recurs, over and over again: that Harvard deserves donations because of the cost of administering programs like international need-blind financial aid, study abroad and its own forest. But Harvard does not offer financial aid and forests solely because it cares about its undergraduates; rather, it competes with peer institutions, defraying tuition and offering educational resources in order to lure the most talented students here. If Harvard cannot provide them with the educational experience they want at efficient cost to itself, that’s too bad for Harvard...
...Brandenburg Gate, and the great arch reminds you of Mother and Dad and how they eloped to Stillwater, Okla., and got married. (What year was that?) You walk into Parliament to meet your friend Matthew who grew up in a good leftist family and was made a peer by the Labour government, and you love to address him as Milord because it makes him wince, which reminds you of your history teacher Mr. Faust, and before long you are remembering Mr. Hochstetter and Miss Story and Miss Melby, who are clearer to you in London, being English teachers...
Associate Dean of the Faculty Cheryl Hoffman-Bray said last month that in setting tuition, the FAS financial staff considers the financial state of FAS, inflation, family income and where the College stands among peer institutions...
Steen said Harvard’s wireless progress is on par with many of its peer institutions...