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...Until the mid-'90s, that is, when productivity growth rebounded, from about 1.5% a year to more than 2.5%. The engine apparently was the rise of the computer and the Internet. And the boom continued even after the technology bust of 2001. In 2006-07, productivity growth slumped to pre-1995 levels, before rebounding somewhat in the first half of this year. But year-to-year numbers can be confusingly noisy; it's the trend that matters. Gordon, who doesn't buy that computers and the Internet are nearly as economically significant as cars, electricity...
...administrator close to the program said the year-to-year contracts that characterize Expos hiring practices devalue the preceptor position...
Hillary’s platform notes that we should measure school improvement based on the year-to-year performance of students rather than by how schools with disparate local funds stack-up against each other. Currently, all schools are expected to have a certain percentage of students meet a predetermined level of math and reading proficiency each year. This is a bit like asking the tortoise to beat the hare. It’s possible, but highly unlikely outside the fairy-tale world of stump-rhetoric. Rather than asking low-income schools to catch-up to institutions...
...felt entirely cut off from sports’ most original and passionate event – a three-week odyssey into the quintessential euphoria and tragedy of athletics. Its closest rival in intensity, ecstasy and heartbreak is the World Cup, but the quadrennial soccer tournament lacks the year-to-year drama that sees teams swing from No. 1 and No. 2 seeds to No. 7 and No. 8s fighting for second-round upsets of traditional rivals. Most of all, the World Cup is without the most crucial element that separates the NCAA Tournament from all other stages...
...part of that process, and that’s going to go on, it has to go on.” Casey said he is working with departments like Government, History, and Economics to develop multi-year planning tools for faculty searches, which currently occur on a year-to-year basis. Casey said that he will also focus on developing new policies regarding junior faculty, in keeping with FAS efforts to improve junior faculty members’ opportunities for tenure. “The institution has enacted a fairly significant way in which it understands the role...