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...high proportion of today’s ultra-rich, the answer to that question is one’s alma mater, along with cultural institutions like museums, symphonies, or operas. It’s not hard to see why—in addition to altruistic motives, the rich reap benefits from giving to these types of organizations. For instance, the benefits of being a major donor to a university run the gamut from increasing the admissions odds of one’s grandchildren to getting a building named after oneself. An increasing number of pundits, however, believe that universities...
...politics is very high on the list of endeavors in which any reasonable person agrees that rationality is an absolute prerequisite. Ask the people of Darfur or Iraq whether they would prefer to enjoy the “apparent advantages” of reason-based governance or continue to reap the fruits of violent religious conflict. My guess, though a reasonable one, is that they would prefer to argue over the existential limitations of enlightenment thinking since rational people tend not to burn, mutilate, rape, and blow-up other rational people. I appreciate Usmani’s call for Harvard...
...than 800 Harvard students are recipients of Pell Grants each year, according to Donahue. In the 2005-2006 academic year, the average Pell Grant was $2,354 and the maximum award was $4,050, according to the College Board. Undergraduates aren’t the only students that will reap the benefits of the legislation. Graduate students who have worked in lower-paying public service jobs for more than 10 years will be afforded loan forgiveness. In addition, the new law will impose a cap on loan payments for some graduates at a percentage of their income...
...Classes of 2008, 2009, and 2010 are already resigned to their fate: there’s no escaping the Core. And given the Core-centric advice received over the past two weeks by the Class of 2011, it seems that the College thinks they too will not get to reap the benefits of a revitalized General Education program. In other words, we’re all stuck in a sinking ship. When the Committee on General Education—which, among other things, has been given the power to determine how to transition to the new system—meets...
...play them with [Western] electric instruments." He describes the music as a patchwork, similar to the hodge-podge clothing worn by members of his Baye Fall religion, a Sufi branch of Islam which subsitutes Koranic studies and piety for hard labor. The group's motto dieuf dieul ("you reap what you sow") impels followers to show their devotion to god through work; in Kane's case, through his music...