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...while the division among the veterans is dramatic, the generational divide is even more stark. Just ask William Jelani Cobb, an associate professor of history at Spelman College in Atlanta. Shortly after Obama's resounding victory in the South Carolina primary, he asked his African-American history class what it thought about the presidential election. Of the 26 students in his class, he said 25 supported Obama and one was undecided. "When I pointed out what the Clintons had done vis-a-vis black issues, one of my students said 'Oh, you do something nice for us and then your...
...borrowers, often backed by threats of violence. The lawsuit claimed that Harvard and the other institutions invested in Realty Financial Partners, which charged an interest rate that exceeded state limits. Other parties that were named in the suit included the University of Notre Dame, Oberlin College in Ohio, Spelman College in Atlanta, and the MacArthur Foundation. Though Massachusetts state law only permits loans below 20 percent, higher loans are permissible if the lender files notice with the state attorney general every two years. David Rich, the lawyer representing Realty Financial Partners, told Bloomberg News last week that the lenders?...
...moment, the founders are relying on word of mouth and advertising on Facebook.com to attract users. They plan to make on-campus visits in the fall semester. GetConnects draws its students from the Ivy League as well as colleges like MIT, Stanford, Howard, and Spelman. Terry said that GetConnects provides access to minority students that many businesses could not get on their own. “When you lack that visibility, that network, it becomes very difficult to just show up at a career fair with some fliers and convince people that you’re the place...
...Mark Spelman, the head of Accenture's policy and corporate-affairs group, says the results are an indication of the growing complexity that managements the world over are now having to confront. "There's a realization that executives will have to deal with different dynamics going forward," Spelman says-an unsettling reality for companies that have tended to look at the world from a narrowly national angle. He cites research and development as a prime example: R&D centers, once kept close to domestic headquarters, have been springing up around the world as companies seek to lower product-development costs...
...more focused on knotty management problems over which they had some control. The executives cited the ability to maintain a common corporate culture as their greatest challenge, followed by understanding local customs and ways of doing business. "Suddenly, companies are having to operate in countries they know less well," Spelman says. "What's clear is that the degree of complexity in managing a business has gone up, and those executives whose organizations are not truly global are realizing that they'll need to change." Trumpeting the miracle of globalization is easy. Change is hard...