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...meeting, Herschbach proposed a system by which students would select a personal information number (PIN) upon entering a course. The PIN would be used when information about the student's grades were posted in public...

Author: By Andrew S. Chang, | Title: Posting of ID Numbers Discussed | 2/1/1996 | See Source »

Before each forum, Crimson and Brown compiles a book containing the resumes of all pre-registered students. Many companies select their first-round interview candidates from this book, and these interviews take place before the regular recruiting process even begins...

Author: By Leigh S. Salsberg, | Title: Crimson & Brown Helps Minorities With Recruiting | 1/31/1996 | See Source »

...calls this the most important election of the century. "Look," he says, "the purpose is not just to select a candidate to face Clinton. It's to choose a direction. That's why I'm in this--if only because I'm convinced that we can't win in '96 without a pro-growth vision of the kind I'm putting forth. If the party and the nominee adopt that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN '96: KNOCK 'EM FLAT | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

...select 16"--the cream of the prep school crop--include Phillips Exeter Academy, Phillips Andover Academy and Choate Rosemary Hall, all schools that continue to send a high percentage of their graduates to the "big three" Ivies. This, despite the fact that admission rates among all prep school students have declined in recent years...

Author: By Malka A. Older, | Title: Preparatory schools & The admissions process | 1/24/1996 | See Source »

...close personal relationships between 'select 16' college advisors and college admissions officers have been built up over a considerable number of years," write Cookson and Persell. "Despite today's competitive admissions environment, the elite prep school advisors are still listened to more closely by college admissions officers than public school counselors, suggesting that the prep school advisor is known to consistently offer the colleges a steady supply of socially elite and academically prepared students...

Author: By Malka A. Older, | Title: Preparatory schools & The admissions process | 1/24/1996 | See Source »

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