Word: review
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Test-preparation giants Kaplan and the Princeton Review, reacting to Achieva, have launched their own plans to compete with the upstart's full-scale service. This approach, which costs $300 to $5,000, is expected to become almost as common as braces. But it's a development many in education view as hysterical and unnecessary. "Getting into college is not rocket science," says Jon Reider, an associate admissions director at Stanford. "This is crazy...
...department has plans to review their advising structure. The department is seeking input from the Undergraduate Affairs Committee, which includes two concentrators from each House. A committee of senior faculty will also examine the system...
...promotes witchcraft and sorcery. According to one of the concerned parents, the volumes by British author J.K. Rowling, about an orphaned child who attends the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, contain a "tone of death, hate, lack of respect and sheer evil." State officials have said they will review the books and the recommendation. BUCKLE UP The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last week notified automakers that rear-seat side air bags pose a possible safety risk to children. The agency is concerned that such air bags can hurt or kill children who are sitting too close to them...
...other business, the council heard a presentation on "Distance Learning" initiatives offered by the FAS Division of Continuing Education. The presentation was a status-review on what the Council expects will continue to be a hot topic in education...
...University has asked campus publications--such as "The Harvard Lampoon" and the "Harvard Law Review"--to register their names in exchange for trademark protection, but it has not asked any of them to remove "Harvard" from their mastheads...