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That's great news--if you can afford it. Trouble is, recent studies indicate that most boomers will outlive their savings--unless they change their ways and their retirement plans. A Merrill Lynch report found that the average boomer couple are saving 39% of what they should to preserve their life-style through decades of retirement. Says Sara Rix, a senior policy analyst at the American Association of Retired Persons: "Boomers aren't saving enough to maintain the standard of living to which they've become accustomed...
...other recent polls, U.S. News and World Report ranked HBS first in the nation. HBS fared a little worse though in BusinessWeek magazine's annual rankings, which rated the school fifth...
...report included statistics from the 1997 and 1998 comprehensive senior surveys and a list of concentrations ranked according to satisfaction level from the 1998 survey. Women's studies, music and literature ranked in the top three for quality advising. English, applied mathematics and physical sciences were at the bottom of the pile. While the statistics in the report make for interesting, if depressing, reading (where does your department fall on the hit list?), it is really the suggestions of the committee which are most worth evaluating...
Finally, the report raises a crucial point about the need for better representation of concentration tutors in all the houses. Especially since randomization, now that students can no longer pick their houses with an eye towards strong advising in their area of interest, masters should be careful to hire a cross-section of concentration tutors to back up the departmental advising and listen to the requests of students in this vein...
...report is a good start, with several ideas worth implementing. This will be a long process, but it's vital and long overdue. Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68, who has rightly focused attention on this issue, and the rest of the committee should keep us informed about the progress being made and remember that centralizing the system is the best way to achieve consistently strong advising for every student...