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...replace it, the Gen Ed office has been accommodating dozens of drop-in visits and around 200 e-mails a day—including a surprising number from upperclassmen for whom the program is not mandatory. The rush seems to go beyond the normal “beginning-of-term insanity,” according to Stephanie H. Kenen, administrative director of the program in General Education. Administrators had not anticipated the number of juniors and seniors who have shown interest in graduating under Gen Ed in an attempt to gain greater flexibility in their scheduling. Given that...
...Both in terms of volunteerism and this idea of kind of civic consumerism, our polls show that there has been a - for lack of a better term, kind of Obama effect - that includes both of you - and that in some ways you started talking about, early on, this very American idea of doing well by doing good: green industry, the idea that principles and progress are not mutually exclusive. In some way, you've both been an endorsement of this and a beneficiary of it. The President: Our campaign was an example...
...worst recession since the Great Depression, that businesses are cutting back across the board, and that includes their philanthropic efforts. What that also means is it's going to bounce back once businesses themselves bounce back. So I'm not so much worried about the long-term trends. I think that this is going to be a shorter-term phenomenon...
...here's a targeted way that we can partner with the private sector on something that is directly related to their self-interest, which is having the highly skilled employees over the long term come...
...this is just shrewd marketing to give companies a halo effect? Participants in high-profile efforts like the (RED) campaign - which has raised $135 million in three years - have been criticized for spending a bundle on marketing. Meanwhile, a New York environmentalist named Jay Westerveld coined the term greenwashing for companies that spin their products as being more environmentally friendly than they really are. Chevron is among the firms that have been sued for greenwashing, accused of undermining a biodiesel project while attempting to enhance its green cred. (Chevron denied any wrongdoing...