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...when words like conundrums, puzzles, aberrations appear in the Financial Times,” he said. He cited as examples the ‘interest-rate conundrum’—the fact that long-term interest rates have failed to rise with hikes in short-term rates??the presence of oil prices at $70 a barrel without “stag” or “flation” in the economy, and the unprecedented flow of capital from developing nations to the first world. Textbooks, he said, would indicate that...
...program’s public kickoff, which was headlined by keynote speaker Daniel Vasella, the CEO of pharmaceutical giant Novartis International and a past participant in several executive education programs at HBS. Vasella said that increases in life expectancy—along with a decline in birth rates??indicate that the U.S. population will grow older, putting an added burden on the nation’s health care system. “Business knowledge can improve the efficiency and productivity of the health care system,” Vasella said. “One day, you will...
...wake of Sept. 11, the process of applying for and securing a student visa has become even more arduous than before. The government bars citizens of countries with high immigration rates??like China—from entering the United States unless they can prove that they have legitimate plans to return to their homeland after finishing their education...
...rankings. But the rankings only lead to improvements for students and colleges if their criteria are meaningful. Often they are to the detriment of educational quality. It is unfortunate when colleges pump resources into football programs at the expense of educational quality in an effort to boost alumni giving rates??a ranking criterion for U.S. News & World Reports. An excessive focus on standard testing scores such as the SAT to boost selectivity rank in college admissions diminishes the importance of qualities such as leadership in potential candidates that are difficult to quantify. To improve faculty resources scores...
Students coming to the U.S. from countries with high non-return rates??such as China and India—are often barred from entry until they can prove their intent to return to their countries of origin, Ladd says. This often means tenacious negotiation from...