Word: rising
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...basis of grade-point average, thesis quality and departmental recommendation--rose to 115 last June, nearly 50 percent more than there were in the Class of 1995. And according to Professor of Chinese History Peter K. Bol, a member of the Faculty Council, the number will continue to rise. "It seems not to be a one-year blip," he explained. "There's evidence based on juniors that this is going to continue." Some in the Faculty believe that rising GPAs, spurred by grade inflation, are responsible for the recent increase...
...Lincoln Bedroom, did the large donors get for their money? Last week, speaking at the first news conference of his second term, Clinton asserted, "I never made a decision for anybody because they were contributors of mine." But the story of Solomont--his giving, his lobbying and his rise to become the Democratic Party's new finance chairman--suggests that at least one Democrat's generosity might have yielded a policy payoff. It also suggests to critics that people like Solomont might not be the best suited to carry out Clinton's solemn promises to, as he said last week...
...life-threatening offenses. The new guideline accedes to the industry's demands to make fines the "remedy of last resort." But Edelman says the guideline ensures that nursing homes will escape responsibility for the vast majority of offenses--like poor nutrition and lack of privacy--that do not rise to the level of "most serious" but can dominate nursing-home life...
Student tuition for the 1997 fiscal year is expected to rise by 4.9 percent, according to the letter...
Tuition, which is the largest single source of income in the Faculty's budget, "cannot continue to rise even at the lower rates of the recent past," he warned...