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...move that signals a willingness to see student-run for-profit ventures compete with established campus organizations, the College decided on Monday to allow the cleaning business DormAid to unfold its laundry service for Harvard students...
DormAid will provide competition to Harvard Student Agencies (HSA) Cleaners, which has been available to students for 40 years. Unlike DormAid, HSA is a non-profit organization with Harvard administrators on its board of directors...
...announcement came as the College this week also recognized a student-run, for-profit start-up that offers “unofficial” campus tours competing with the University-sponsored Crimson Key Society guides (see story...
...Sweden. The well-heeled workforce comes courtesy of Habitat for Humanity, a 30-year-old American-based charity that recruits volunteers to address the problem of poor housing in close to 100 countries. Initially, Habitat assigned volunteers to build simple housing in hard-up places. It issued inhabitants no-profit loans and mortgages and didn't try to build up cash reserves. But lately, it has teamed up with multinationals seeking Corporate Social Responsibility credentials, who send their employees and also pay for the privilege - which has allowed Habitat to expand its programs significantly. Between 25-40% of Habitat volunteers...
...value an application for both its tangible and intangible qualities. This means that the “throwing a ball hard or running quickly” is weighted, as is the ability to play the cello, or a work history that includes the founding of a non-profit. In my experience, there are few students at Harvard “only for athletics,” as there are few students there only for lab work or a role in the orchestra. My teammates have gone on to pursue careers in medicine, in law, in teaching, and yes, there...