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...were very disappointed to read in The Crimson (“CollegeBoxes to Return”, news, May 4) that Harvard has decided to award a contract to a company with proven ineptitude at logistical performance and customer service, despite the administration being urged by undergraduates to not submit our property to the mercy of incompetent hands for a second consecutive year...
...weather has certainly improved here in the Northeast, but things are still a little bumpy at JetBlue, and the board believed it was time to get the company in the hands of a first-class operations guy, Dave Barger, the COO. Barger has proven ops chops, having helped turn Continental around. (Although he certainly has to take some blame for February, too.) In some ways, dumping Neeleman isn't a surprising move. He's a great entrepreneur, but perhaps one of those types who is much better at innovating than operating. The skill sets are vastly different, and many entrepreneurs...
Programs such as the Federal Perkins Loan, Stafford Loan, Federal Family Education Loan, and Ford Direct Student Loan allow the federal government to “fund” education without providing any real money. As the recent student loan scandal has proven, private lenders have taken advantage of this situation to do what business does—namely, make money...
...What they have proven beyond any doubt is that the exercise of raw power does not make you a leader," Edwards said. He stated he doesn't know why the other top-tier Democrats didn't join him in boycotting GWOT, but added: "My conjecture is that they've used the term so many times themselves that they would be concerned about saying that they reject it now. And they're also concerned about the political implications. I'm going to say the truth, and that...
...wished consummation has not arrived. Nor will it.In hoping to escape the banality and seeming pointlessness of the Core, many—including ourselves—assumed that anything would be better. The General Education proposal, replete with its promises of global awareness and civic engagement, however, has irrevocably proven its infeasibility.The proposal promised not to produce “introductions to disciplines,” but rather a preparation for “civic engagement,” an understanding of “traditions of art, ideas, and values,” an ability...