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Some schools are taking these concerns to heart. In 1999, Harvard commissioned a broad study of its counseling services, which resulted in a larger budget, shorter waiting times for appointments and an information campaign aimed at helping faculty members spot troubled pupils. Dartmouth College, where the number of students admitting to psychiatric problems rose tenfold in the past three years, recently held a symposium on psychiatric health. And Columbia University officials, while declining to comment on any specific incidents, citing privacy laws, say counseling services and residence-life programs intended to support undergraduates have been substantially upgraded in the past...
...Some schools are taking these concerns to heart. In 1999, Harvard commissioned a broad study of its counseling services, which resulted in a larger budget, shorter waiting times for appointments and an information campaign aimed at helping faculty members spot troubled pupils. Dartmouth College, where the number of students admitting to psychiatric problems rose tenfold in the past three years, recently held a symposium on psychiatric health. And Columbia University officials, while declining to comment on any specific incidents, citing privacy laws, say counseling services and residence-life programs intended to support undergraduates have been substantially upgraded in the past...
...endorsement committee passes judgement on the basis of a substantially limited evaluation of candidates that explicitly excludes their most telling credentials: the eight letters of recommendation Rhodes committees request. By reviewing only a candidate's transcript, 1000-word personal statement and one-page activities list (one page shorter than in the official application), the selection committee forms its opinion on a gravely impoverished set of information. Not only does this deny a full accounting of candidates' extra-curricular and academic accomplishments, thereby discounting any attribute not captured in a letter grade or activity listing, but it also has the effect...
...Bill Daley sent out a written statement. "Al Gore and Joe Lieberman are now reviewing the 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court... we will address the decision in full detail at the appropriate time tomorrow." Even shorter. And in true Gore form, not quite code for a concession...
...feel so lucky, that I had so many opportunities. I don't feel that Hollywood is not giving women a chance. Women have a shorter span of time, but it's really an individual process. Women still have bridges to cross...