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Following on the tail of recent financial aid expansions by peer institutions like Harvard, Stanford University announced yesterday the largest increase ever in its undergraduate financial aid program. Stanford will no longer charge tuition to families with an annual combined income below $100,000. And like at Harvard and Yale, families earning less than $60,000 will not be expected to contribute to other educational expenses, including room and board. In 2006, Stanford announced that families earning less than $45,000 would be exempt from paying tuition. The new initiative also eliminates the need for student loans by lowering...
That idyllic thought was shaken this weekend when a hacker accessed the Web site of the Graduate School for Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and made its secure server available for download through the popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing site, “The Pirate Bay,” where users can easily obtain large files...
...between a student and his or her proctor.” In light of this unique bond between proctor and student, Lipson says, “The Freshman Dean’s Office is very clear that anything of the sort would not be tolerated.” 3) Peer Advising Fellows: surprise surprise, adviser and advisee must maintain professional distance. The Peer Advising Fellows Guide 2007-2008 states clearly in its list of rules: “Do not engage in intimate relations with your advisees.” Freshmen—still going to call your PAF with...
CORRECTION APPENDED Hackers broke into the Web site of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences this weekend and posted secure information to an online peer-to-peer network...
...Peer says her most powerful weapon is that she's "strong, mentally." Most likely, it won't be the Arab spectators in Qatar who test her mettle but a formidable tennis rival, the glamorous Russian Maria Sharapova. When the two dueled recently in Israel, Peer whipped up the home crowd, which hooted and ridiculed the Russian's habit of grunting loudly when she slams the ball. Seething, Sharapova buckled down and demolished Peer, winning 6-1, 6-1. Peer was later scolded by Israeli sports officials for inciting the crowd against Sharapova. As she heads to Qatar, Peer may have...