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...cachet of the Harvard brand name came into play on the bond market when the University sold $480 million of debt last week and beat benchmark interest rates??an indication that the University’s bonds remain in high demand despite Harvard’s budgetary troubles...
Obama is trying to reform education by attracting and retaining high-quality teachers, making preschool universally available and making college affordable to all. America currently ranks 21 out of 27 among advanced economy countries in high-school completion rates??currently 67 percent, down from 77 percent in the 1970s. We can help the children reach for the stars by helping teachers fund classroom projects. The website DonorsChoose.org allows you to give to different classroom projects or needs that teachers list online. Students and teachers will send a personal thank you. You can also donate old computers and books...
Harvard entered into interest rate swap agreements—which are used to hedge against rising interest rates??in 2004, when it seemed that interest rates had reached favorable lows and that locking in those rates would help the University finance its mammoth, long-term expansion into Allston. But the agreements backfired this past year when the global financial crisis pushed interest rates to unprecedented lows, thereby decimating the value of the swaps...
...addition, if the tax is passed, future toll increases will be unnecessary. This is fortunate, as gas taxes reflect a more equitable taxing policy than tolls, since all motorists share the tax burden fairly, not just those who travel on certain roads. The alternative solution—increasing tollbooth rates??also does not promote the adoption of greener modes of transportation...
...regular decision provides (including a winter break period) will allow students who had not considered college an option before more time to think about their future and plan accordingly. Early admissions undoubtedly “advantaged the advantaged.” With two separate pools and two separate acceptance rates??21 percent early and nine percent regular—there was a much higher chance of succeeding in Harvard’s early action pool. High school counselors who knew this would advise their students to join the “easier” pool while other students...