Word: self-help
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...practical terms, promising away debt means reducing the portion of aid students are expected to contribute of their own earnings—what colleges call the “self-help” expectation. Lowering the self-help expectation makes it possible for students to contribute to their college tuition solely through work-study, rather than taking out loans...
...last three years, Princeton’s self-help expectation has fallen to $2,390 for first-years, moving higher each year up to $2,840 for seniors, according to Donahue, who says that this leaves little difference between the Tigers and the Crimson’s expectation...
...provocative dark comedy written by Tom Noonan, this play’s title is more than indicative of its substance. You might just find yourself caught up within this bitingly sadistic play. Cruel satire on self-help seminars is just the beginning. 8 p.m. Tickets $5; $4 students, $3 Adams residents. Adams Kronauer Space...
...meditation most commonly practiced here and in the ideals of Buddhism is the sense that one can affect one’s own destiny. Enlightenment is ultimately something one must achieve for oneself. These basic assumptions of self-reliance and self-empowerment are also intrinsic in modern Western culture and are exemplified by the popularity of self-help books. In fact, these self-improvement books inspired Piyush Tiwari ’05 to begin meditating again. He had practiced Hindu meditation with a music teacher in high school, but it was the self-improvement books his boss suggested he read...
...heard the word ‘can’t’ so many times in your argument. And it frustrated me because ‘can’t’ comes from fear,” she says, reverting to self-help mode. Then she sprinkles in some women’s studies terminology: “And so many people are so afraid of women who border cross between beauty and brains, between feeling confident in the way they look and feeling confident in their knowledge. And that means people want us to fail! And they want...