Word: self-help
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...last round of debt reduction, Princeton University set the benchmark by replacing all student loans with grants in January. This move was soon followed by Harvard's February announcement that it would grant financial aid recipients an additional $2,000 to apply towards the self-help requirement, or the portion that students are expected to contribute to their aid package...
...Harvard financial aid officials were not alone in noticing that large self-help requirements could hinder students' experience at college...
...when it comes to marriage, faith continues to triumph over statistical probability. The marriage rate is down slightly, but remains an impressive 85%. People want to be married, and happily so. Just in time for the wedding season, two books coming out next month add to the already crowded self-help shelves for couples trying to figure out what makes a good marriage. One book, The Rules for Marriage, will get a lot of attention. But the other, Surrendering to Marriage, is the one to read...
...that despite all our haste we may only be running in place. Gleick wisely avoids the "Smell the roses" cliches and imparts no advice on how to save one's time in our increasingly hurried lives. In fact, he dedicates a whole chapter to exposing the contradictions present within self-help books, like 365 Ways to Save Time. Gleick asks only that we acknowledge this condition. He states that the speed at which we accomplish our multitudinous tasks has its consequences. Not only may the quality of our work suffer, but also the quality of our lives. For example, leisure...
...decrease in the "self-help" requirement is in effect an increase in the overall aid package given to students. Students usually meet self-help requirements through loans or jobs...