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...result, he says, was a complete changeover of the majority on the Council...
Institutions of higher learning in China are adapting to changes within the People's Republic, including a drastic curtailing of government funding for higher education. As a result, the Chinese schools have had to begin fundraising and raising tuition...
Both teams played carefully early on, not wanting to show any weakness, and as a result the first half was a defensive battle...
Nicholas Lemann, author of The Big Test, a look at the SAT and educational meritocracy, says Achieva's success is the result of crazed but confused parents. Only nine universities take less than a quarter of applicants. In fact, 1,900 of the 2,100 four- year colleges accept at least half those who apply. Thus it is the families, more than most schools, that can afford to be selective. But then there is the perception that unless a kid goes to Harvard, his life is over. "The parents get obsessed, which makes the kids obsessed," says Lemann. "It turns...
...every AOL, 10 dot.coms are going to be DOA before the frenzy is over. Within a few years, the windfall could end for old media too. Dot.com spending is expected to plateau once the winning companies are in command and more consumers shift to the Net. It could result in an Internet take on an old Marxist theme: When new media arrived to hang old media, the networks sold them the rope...