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...wondering whether there's a cure for newstritional disorder. The study's recommendation is, in essence, more of what's causing the problem in the first place: "quick delivery and quick-scan consumption," news that can be taken in at a glance. The new bite-size media model is to reduce the news fat, cut back on content, and create tasty treats that requires fewer mental calories to digest...
...lower-paying sector is not losing future employees because of salary size: education. Nearly 11 percent of respondents said they would go into education if finances were not an issue, the same percentage when finances were considered...
...much higher interest rates, leaving students in substantial debt. A promising effort in Washington D.C. this year was spearheaded by Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’56 and other leading Democrats to increase both the number of federal Pell Grants available to college students and raise the maximum size of those awards. The proposed bill, called the “Strengthening Student Aid for All Act,” would allow more students from low-income backgrounds to seek college education while avoiding costly private loans...
...Harvard’s and the Smithsonian’s observatories, which had been housed in the same building in Cambridge since 1955, together received more funding than any other comparable site, as a result of their combined size. (The two institutions merged in 1973 to form the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and Shapiro went on to direct the Center from...
...became a reality in the fall of 1982. Although the Council was initially similar in size to the Student Assembly, with approximately one representative per 75 students, the UC wielded substantially more power. The Council had a budget of $58,000 in its first year and was allowed to place members on faculty standing committees and student-faculty committees. The UC was also formally recognized by the College, which made it easier for the concerns voiced by students to be heard...