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According to the data, the percentage of groupswith a majority of Asian students fell from a highof 12 percent in 1996 to about 4.9 percent in1998. From a high of 56 percent in 1996, thepercentage of groups with a large concentration ofwhite students fell to slightly under 40 percentin...
...addition, after an increase from 1996 to1997 in the percentage of groups with a majorityof black students, the figure fell to 8.5 percentin...
...fact, Harvard is not even leading the Ivypack as it makes this move. Cornell Universitybeat Daniel and company to the punch over a yearago, having raised their payout nearly 13 percentin 1997 and a whopping 35 percent this year...
Undergraduate tuition increased by 4.8 percentin fiscal 1997--the lowest increase since1969--and significantly less than the 8.4 percentaverage annual tuition rise over the past 20years...
...years. But several other reports released in recent weeks indicated that inflation is under control, eliminating the need for a rate hike to maintain a steady economy. Retail sales for April marked their largest decline in 10 months, for example, while orders for durable goods fell 3 percentin March. Politics may also have played into the decision: Greenspan had said that a balanced budget amendment, on which Congress and the President recently agreed, would likely stave off the need for the Fed to meddle with the rates. The central bankers will have a chance to reconsider that strategy when they...