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...they will be returned—any international effort is bound to have significant costs. Illogical though it may seem to give foreign aid during a recession period, though, Americans should be prepared to contribute significant funds to Pakistan. Destroying the Taliban is an expensive investment now, but will yield large dividends in safety and stability in South Asia. Stability in the region benefits us by lessening the influence and power of extremist groups that are ardently anti-American...
...preliminary release of admissions statistics. This number does not include students who have chosen to defer admission a year, nor does it include students who will later be admitted off the waitlist. Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said this year’s yield could even rise slightly above last year’s 78 percent once waitlist spots are offered, attributing the high figure to the College’s financial aid program, which the University has pledged to honor despite an “unprecedented economic downturn.” According to Fitzsimmons...
...After weeks of weighing the pros and cons, they had until the last mail pickup on Friday to postmark a deposit to reserve a spot in next year's freshman class. In this spring of economic certainty, many nationally known schools are sweating over whether they'll enroll, or "yield," enough students to fill the class - an outcome officials won't know for sure until all the deposits are tallied over the coming weeks. But in a tiny corner of Kentucky, one little college is doing just fine. Berea College is on track to yield 78% of the students...
...schools can afford that kind of largesse. And this year, more students who may have been admitted to (pricily) prestigious schools are passing them up and opting to go to Berea instead. While a 78% yield would not be an increase from last year, it would not be a decrease, either - as Bagnoli says it almost certainly would have been in flusher times...
...With some deposits arriving Friday and others still en route, Bagnoli says he expects the school's yield to hold steady at 78% - or even possibly rise. "It would be a little presumptuous of me to say that's going to happen," he says. "But I wouldn't be surprised...