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...most visible suggestions of “model minority” status arises in the domain of educational attainment. It is true that some Asian Americans have attained high levels of scholarly achievement—for instance, 64 percent of Asian Indians hold at least a bachelor’s degree, and over 50 percent of Chinese and Pakistani do. The counter story, however, is one we must also keep in mind; among Cambodians, Hmong and Laotians, only 8 or 9 percent graduate college—in fact, only about half graduate high school .Thus the label of Asian-American...
...most recent push towards creating a special school for applied sciences began with Neil L. Rudenstine, Harvard’s president from 1991 to 2001, SEAS Dean Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti says. Venky notes that engineering’s status at Harvard has long been somewhat ambiguous...
...about six years after he arrived at Harvard, Venky decided that the best way for the division to grow was to change its status and become a separate school...
...where the majority of cubers competed for status among the little-known speedcubing subcultures of their home countries, for others fame and fortune, relatively speaking, was at stake...
...Department sprung its offensive on all JV teams, not just the ones with the lowest participation levels, is suspicious, to say the least. Secondly, there is an enormous differential between the funding that JV and club sports receive from the Department of Athletics. Transitioning JV sports to club status would save the Department a significant chunk of change. Typically the Department budgets $10,000-15,000 per year for the 29 existing club teams, which works out to about $400 per sport. According to Fry, each JV team typically receives about $1500 per year, or more than three times...