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...possible, a virtual visit may give you some sense of what a school is like. Chris Carson, director of CampusTours.com a website with links to more than 800 schools, says students can actually draw conclusions from these tours that they might not on a guided tour. "Students we survey say they look at these things as a sign of an institution's commitment to technology," he says. "If you've got an old picture-and-text tour, the student may be turned off." Also, Web tours can offer more details than the glossy print brochures schools send out. Jeff Fieldson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Almost Academia | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

...will ask for your personal information, your social security number and other relevant info. After that, you can begin the form, which in most cases consists of a number of easy-to-understand radio buttons and text boxes that make the cumbersome paper 1040 into a brief and easy survey. Downloads are not generally required, as most sites use their own software to work with Web forms and get your return ready. In addition, you simply enter values into the forms and the site does the calculation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tip Sheet: How to E-File | 4/13/2003 | See Source »

...Djindjic's killing; they allegedly had secret meetings with two key suspects. Kostunica, who says he was unaware of the meetings, called the arrests "political," and accused the government of exploiting Djindjic's death to discredit the opposition. Fire Alert RUSSIA Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov ordered a fire-safety survey of all Russian schools following the deaths of 54 children in two separate school blazes. Twenty-two children died in northern Siberia and 32 died at a boarding school for the deaf in the southern republic of Dagestan. Due to chronic underfunding, many Russian schools are poorly maintained; last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Castro's Crackdown | 4/13/2003 | See Source »

He’s often cited as a “Harvard researcher,” an ambiguous title that conjures up the image of a middle-aged professional test-tube-mixer or survey-taker...

Author: By Josh S. Rosaler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Computer Prodigy Settles Down at HLS | 4/9/2003 | See Source »

...half hours a day—or only 38 hours a week, less than the average corporate work week. This social relaxation time—for which Lewis has always been a strong proponent—is especially vulnerable to demands on student time. According to the survey responses and my analysis, when other activities demand more time, students who have jobs and are financially able spend less time at work; the rest tend to give up their social relaxation time first...

Author: By Judd B. Kessler, | Title: A 168-Hour Week | 4/8/2003 | See Source »

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