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...that I had once saw Marty Feldstien somewhere far away on the stage of Sanders theater. Last Semester I had classes that were huge core-like lecture classes. It was awful; I had no contact with my professor, no interest in the subject and no understanding of where my tuition fees were going. Susannah, articles like yours justify the University's policy of keeping down the number of core offerings. Instead of writing editorials about the pleasure you get from sitting on the butt-flattening benches in lecture halls, you should help lend public pressure to bring the arrogant administration...
...Harvard isn't a magical road to boundless happiness. It's a path surrounded by dying dreams. There's a big world out there, but right from freshman year, I've been boxed into medicine, law or business. I paid $120,000 in tuition. I can't afford to take a job teaching or one in journalism. And hell, I can't even look outside the big cities, because my Harvard degree has tainted me. People either resent me because of it, or wonder what I'm doing there if I'm such a 'bright Ivy League man.' I just...
Taborsky's Kafka-like ordeal began in 1987, when as a student at the University of South Florida, he took an $8.50-an-hour lab-assistant job to help pay his tuition. He was assigned to a $20,000 project contracted by a subsidiary of Florida Progress, a local power company, to determine if bacteria can be used to extract ammonia from clinoptilolite, a clay used in filtering water. The clay, similar to Kitty Litter, absorbs ammonia from water and can be cleaned and used over and over...
...tuition increase] would be more serious if Harvard didn't have an extremely meritocratic financial aid system, but it does," said Theda Skocpol, professor of government and sociology. "It is committed to making it possible for people to come here regardless of family income...
Council members said the University is focusing on raising funds from other sources and controlling expenditures in order to curb tuition hikes...