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...said of Ellwood’s suggestions. The number of 2009 Kennedy School graduates who plan to enter the private sector is not yet available, Ellwood said. According to Rotberg, more Kennedy School students this year are turning to the public sector due to the economy. Last year, 35 percent of HKS graduates entered the private sector, a drop from the 41 percent that joined the private sector in 2007. According to Ellwood, many Kennedy School students enter the private sector due to large salary differences, doubts about future opportunities within the public sector, and ineffective government recruiting. For example...
...University has asked the Law School to orchestrate a 10 percent cut in its budget—the magnitude of which entails some painful reshuffling of priorities, potential reorganization, and at least some job cuts...
...These reductions have been the product of planning for increasingly large budget cuts in the Houses. Earlier this semester, the College administration asked House Masters to model a one-percent budget cut as an exercise. But as the fiscal climate worsened, the exercise became more of a reality...
...April, the administration was asking House Masters to submit budgets to accommodate a 25-percent reduction, which led both House administrators and students to voice concern over slashing a quarter of an already sparse budget...
...were not willing to accept the consequences of a 25-percent cut,” says Adams House Master John G. “Sean” Palfrey ’67, who added that his most recent budget submission modeled a cut between 15 and 20 percent. “Just as the Dean has categories that absolutely cannot be touched, we are in the same situation. But the Houses have much less flexibility...