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...case, according to the survey. Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said that this apparent lack of response from other institutions is neither surprising nor worrisome, as large policy changes by a few schools tend to take three to five years to yield changes across higher eduction—so other colleges may wait before considering changes to their early programs. Harvard, too, will be evaluating the results of the abolition of its early program over the next few years, he said. “This is obviously very early in the game, and people have...
...course, at any ecovillage, larger ambitions must still yield to the gentle demands of daily life. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, residents lined up at the on-site farm to pick up their weekly share of organic fruits and vegetables, which some had helped harvest earlier in the day. As mothers bagged eggplants the color of a deep bruise and the size of Popeye's forearms, the talk was not of peak oil and alternative fuels but of kids and the fast-approaching fall term at the public school most EVI kids attend--just the kinds of unremarkable things...
...nets yield almost no fish today, the same as yesterday and the day before that. For generations, Bun Neang's family has depended on the bounty of Cambodia's Tonle Sap, a vast lake fed by one of the world's greatest rivers, the Mekong. Two decades ago, his father could rely on a daily catch totaling about 65 lbs. (30 kg). When the water gods were feeling particularly charitable, he would land a Mekong catfish, a massive bottom-feeder that can weigh as much as a tiger. But today, when Bun Neang dips his net into the caramel-hued...
...study of statistical trends of 30 institutions—not including Harvard—over 11 years found significant differences in such factors as application numbers, admit rate, and yield when a school’s rankings changed even as much as one place. For example, the study showed that an increase by one ranking could make an admit rate decrease by 0.399 percent and a yield increase by 0.171 percent...
...Harvard consistently finds itself in the top few slots in these rankings, and variations within these positions do not seem to affect applicant numbers, or admit and yield rates...