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...Policy Susan M. Dynarski ’87 and Judith E. Scott-Clayton, a Kennedy School student, constructed a simplified formula through which federal aid is calculated based on two factors: income and number of dependents. Their most recent discussion paper, entitled “College Grants on a Postcard: A Proposal for Simple and Predictable Federal Student Aid,” outlines a financial aid form that would fit on a single postcard. “There is pretty good evidence that some institutional financial aid programs have increased college enrollment rates. However, there is little firm evidence that...
...Qalowasa is not the only one to receive such threats, a product of the tensions created by Fiji's vast squatter settlements. Out of sight of the tiny Pacific nation's internationally famous resorts with their manicured grounds, picture-postcard beaches and beaming staff, a swathe of desperate humanity resides in flimsy and illegally built shanties, without sewerage, running water, electricity or garbage disposal. This mainly Indo-Fijian underclass represents more than 10 per cent of the country's 900,000 population. A third of them have no income at all; four out of five lack the means to provide...
...after their race, says his base receives a ship just about every day this time of year. Data from this research outpost (operated, at the time, by the British) helped scientists discover the hole in the ozone layer. Today, Vernadsky also boasts the planet's southernmost souvenir shop, a postcard service, and a well-stocked bar with a billiards table and some thumping Ricky Martin. And why not? How many chances does a person get to buy a drink on every continent...
...there (in which case, I’m sorry), New Hampshire is a state that could literally fall off the American map and nobody would notice. It is a godforsaken backwoods of nothingness that for a few weeks out of the year has fall foliage—get a postcard, it lasts longer. Their state motto may be “live free or die,” but I would advocate for “live free or die of boredom...
...Increase in the cost of mailing a first-class letter, to 41, and a postcard, to 26, if the U.S. Postal Service carries out a recommended price hike...