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Both HLS students and faculty members have clamored for smaller class sizes, which would require a smaller student-faculty ratio. If HLS were to reduce the size of its classes, the administration would have to shift resources and commit itself to recruiting and hiring more professors. Currently, the 1999 U.S. World News and World Report ranks Harvard's 20-1 student-faculty ratio the highest of the nations' top 25 law schools. Large classes, according to many responses to the McKinsey survey, contribute to a palpable sense of disconnect between the students and the school. Expectedly, students at law schools...
...20th century valuation model, the big brands are screaming buys, selling at huge discounts to the market. In the 21st century, things are different. Consider, for instance, how Wall Street values P&G's sales compared with those of a dotcom retailer. P&G's price-to-sales ratio: $2.12 of stock per dollar of sales. The same dollar's worth of Tide, say, sold through Priceline.com costs shareholders more: $26.11, based on Priceline's recent close of $94. And to own a dollar-size piece of the sales at fledgling dotcom grocery Webvan, you'll have to spend...
...appalling thing is how out of whack our student-faculty ratio is compared to other law schools," Cooper says...
...view is that for many reasons, the school would be strengthened by an increase in faculty," Meltzer writes in an e-mail message. "That would reduce the student-faculty ratio and permit smaller classes...
...says the ILC is considering a proposal to add a second smaller section to a first-year's course load of one elective, four large courses and a small section. Clark says establishing the second small section can be accomplished without a large change to the overall student-faculty ratio...