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Nonetheless, none of the Ivy League presidents signed the letter, and according to a recently released survey by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions of over 300 college admissions officers, 97 percent of those schools that participated in the rankings last year plan to do so again...
...over 11 years found significant differences in such factors as application numbers, admit rate, and yield when a school’s rankings changed even as much as one place. For example, the study showed that an increase by one ranking could make an admit rate decrease by 0.399 percent and a yield increase by 0.171 percent...
...they? Animal rights activists see TVE's decision as further evidence that the tide is turning in their favor - and the facts may back them up. A 2006 Gallup poll showed that 72 percent of Spaniards say they have "no interest" in bullfighting...
...playing right into China's hands. "What is remarkable about the left's self-view of India is how weak they think the country is," says media commentator and political analyst Manoj Joshi. "They may do well to remember that India - with its nuclear-tipped armed forces, 8 percent-plus growth rate and burgeoning foreign exchange reserves - has never been stronger...
...loss represented a 1 percent decrease for the endowment, based on Tuesday's figures. But even with a downturn in the market in July, when the Standard & Poor's 500 index fell by 3.1 percent, El-Erian said that the endowment showed a monthly gain of .4 percent largely because of the new risk management strategies in place...