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...industry stuck in the financial equivalent of Hurricane Alley, In Rainbows is more than just another storm. "This could be the mother of them all," e-mailed an A.-and-R. executive at a major European label. EMI pulled in $3.6 billion last year. It is a couple of Radioheads away from a musical New Orleans. Many record-company lifers were stung by the rejection of a band on a decade-long run of excellence, but the real damage could stem less from Radiohead's determination to go it alone than from its "stadium sound at museum pricing" scheme. "That...
...National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC) Conference held last week, discussion about the importance of standardized testing took the limelight. And NACAC is taking action—it formed a Commission on the Use of Standardized Tests in Undergraduate Admission, chaired by Harvard Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, which will issue a report next year.The Commission’s report is expected to address the effect of test preparation on student performance, test biases, and the possible advantages of using subject tests over the SAT. In addition, the Commission will also propose recommendations...
...Small additions from the endowment distribution could mitigate or eliminate tuition growth and substantially expand student aid,” Gravelle said in a report presented to the committee. She recommended tax penalties or a required annual payout to direct funds to tuition assistance. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Finance Committee, called on the top universities to rein tuition costs. “It’d be good to see the very elite institutions, with the richest endowments, take the lead and create a ripple effect throughout higher education to make college more affordable...
...total of about 6,600 undergraduates. The rise in aid for what the College calls middle-income families reflects a concern that Harvard is doing better at attracting students from the extremes of the financial spectrum than it is at attracting those in between. Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said in an interview yesterday that promising middle-income students are increasingly foregoing applications to the Ivy League in lieu of prestigious in-state schools that provide competitive tuition. “There’s a prevailing misconception that there is no financial aid available...
...paid for by a 61-cent increase in federal taxes on tobacco products, a move Kuhl and many Republicans oppose as a "tax increase." Adding to Kuhl's woes, Massa accuses him of being in the pocket of big tobacco since he's received $10,000 from Altria and R. J. Reynolds, the two largest U.S. cigarette manufacturers, since 2006, according to Federal Election Commission Records. Kuhl dismissed such accusations with a laugh, saying he isn't even committed to running again yet so the term "opponent" hardly applies to Massa. "I would hope that the Democratic majority, who controls...