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These fund manager payouts also send exactly the wrong signal to students who are deciding upon careers—and mark a dramatic symptom of unhealthy changes in American higher education since we went to college. When we entered Harvard in the fall of 1965, tuition was under $1800 annually, and room and board charges were only about $1000. Since then, adjusting for inflation, tuition has increased by 2.4 times, and room and board charges have roughly doubled. We don’t believe today’s students are getting an education twice as good. Despite recently increased financial...

Author: By David Kaiser and Bill Strauss, S | Title: $60 Million Fund Managers | 12/1/2004 | See Source »

...task is much greater than was planned for. And the to-do list keeps growing. To the current development-speak goals of "capacity building," "improved governance" and "budget stabilization" must be added infrastructure, communications, shipping, electoral reform, media and resource monitoring. In what order should they be tackled? On signal issues like land ownership and use - key to the country's economic security - the visitors won't be stepping in. "Land will remain the core political issue in our lifetimes," says Batley. "It requires attention and resources and a lot of work to manage. It's one area where foreigners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Storm | 11/30/2004 | See Source »

Brown said he changed his service from T-Mobile to Verizon Wireless a month and a half ago when his contract expired. With Verizon, he said, his reception is better—his cell phone registers two bars of signal strength from inside his Currier room, where he used to get none...

Author: By Victoria Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Quadlings Can’t Get Cell Reception | 11/30/2004 | See Source »

...quality of reception varies between different companies, and Verizon provides the best service, according to University Information Systems Director of Telecommunications Nancy Kinchla. The Crimson’s own tests confirm that Verizon cell phones receive the best signal in the Quad, compared to AT&T, Sprint PCS and T-Mobile...

Author: By Victoria Kim, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Quadlings Can’t Get Cell Reception | 11/30/2004 | See Source »

Satellite radio has made its biggest waves in the world of cars, but now it's coming home. The latest radio from the makers of the cult fave Kloss Model One receives Sirius' signal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coolest Inventions 2004: More Music | 11/29/2004 | See Source »

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