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...days since the protest, Yale President Richard C. Levin announced sweeping changes in the university’s financial aid packages. Yale will now match Harvard policy of reducing contributions from families that earn less than $60,000 per year. Yale has also guaranteed that it will not require contributions from families that earn less than $45,000 per year, up from Harvard’s threshold...
Looking ahead, President Levin must use this protest and his recent presentation of new aid packages as an opportunity, not a hindrance, for his university—perhaps using student response as a tool to engage more alumni donors. In that way, the financial burden of the change could be offset by more alumni giving...
...UOC’s bold move was not the only pressure that Yale administrators felt while debating remaking financial aid. President Levin was due to announce a new aid package soon, in fact, regardless of the protest. That said, the UOC’s success in compellingly presenting student grievances bodes well for other student initiatives, whether at Yale, Harvard, or other schools. It proves that student voices carry weight when aired in the right way, at the right time. Many Harvard groups, from the Undergraduate Council to ethnically- and gender-based organizations, could stand to learn a thing...
...were labeled a fascist, you resigned from Cornell in protest and were unable to find a job within the U.S. academic community for a long time. If you were not traumatized by these experiences, how did they affect your views on education...
...Beirut," in Middle East conversation, has long served as a synonym for civil chaos. But in recent weeks the mushrooming protest movement to eject Syrian troops from the country had begun to paint the Lebanese capital in a new light. Pundits wondered whether the protests presaged a wave of Eastern Europe-style pastel-shaded revolutions that would sweep aside Arab autocracy, and President Bush had warned the Syrians to leave in order that the "good democracy" of Lebanon could flourish unmolested. But a reality check came Tuesday in the form of a gigantic pro-Syria demonstration, which drew...