Word: peering
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...announcement of its generous new financial aid policy, under which families with incomes below $60,000 pay nothing and families making between $120,000 and $180,000 pay only ten percent, was promptly followed by expansions of financial aid at other schools, including a similar program at Yale. Other peer institutions also sweetened their aid packages by cutting loans and expanding funding...
...Harvard, and its wealthy peer institutions should use some of the money that they have rightfully generated to give back to the communities that host them. There is nothing wrong, and much to be lauded, about donating some of their sizable endowments for philanthropic purposes. Where this amendment falters is its attempted use of University funds to bolster faltering state programs. Gifts and contributions to Massachusetts should be University-driven and not muddled by the bureaucracy and mandate of the state...
...ballroom danced in Swaziland, camped with crocodiles and hippopotamuses in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, and worked as a peer mentor in a Jamaican HIV orphanage. Her interest in global health and development, which has taken her to the Chinese Center for Disease Control in the past, will bring her to the Dominican Republic and Sierra Leone this summer. For Amy T. Wu ’09, living and breathing the developing world is the only way to truly understand the “global economy.” Wu is not alone in wanting to study and work...
...seem irrelevant to some that McPhedran and Baker are affiliated with the Sydney-based International Coalition for Women in Shooting and Hunting. But it should be, McPhedran argues: their analysis has been peer-reviewed, approved for publication and should be judged on its merits, she says...
Haven’t played spin the bottle since middle school? Well, you were still out of luck if you attended Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisers’ (DAPA) “Spin the Bottle”, which featured awkward discussions about drinking rather than awkward making out. The event, held in Sever Hall, addressed alcohol in the media and its impact on college students. After grabbing a piece of cake and a drink in a DAPA-approved Solo cup, FM sat down to watch clips from classics like “10 Things I Hate About...