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...aid Mubarak’s ascension, the United States and other western countries should ease pressure on Egypt to implement democratic reforms. It is in the best interest of Egypt, the United States, and the entire region for the elections to be guided by an interest in stability rather than the ideology of democratic reform. The current system is completely untenable, and democratic reform must happen in Egypt, but it must be measured so as to maintain the peace in an increasingly volatile region...
Most recently, a slew of elite universities—led by Harvard and followed by Yale, Stanford, and a host of others—significantly expanded financial aid offerings, potentially making them even more attractive to applicants who had been previously dissuaded by the sticker shock of high tuition...
Both Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently announced significant increases in their financial aid programs...
University President Drew G. Faust returned to the classroom Friday morning, but to lecture parents rather than students.Faust addressed an over-capacity crowd of more than 150 junior parents on issues ranging from the College’s new financial aid initiative to academic advising.Though most of the questions centered on the core initiatives of Faust’s nascent presidency, one query channeled frustration expressed by many undergraduates of late.“I have heard from my son and his friends that the food quality is going down,” one parent asked to laughter and scattered...
...crops became more expensive, animal feed also became pricier and the cost of the meat, in turn, reflects this increase.While farmers in Iowa are enjoying their first Caribbean vacations this winter due to the unprecedented success of the corn crop this season, Mexico is struggling with tortilla riots. Food aid organizations are grappling with rising costs and decreasing supplies. Economists are worried about the political unrest as the poor are disproportionately affected by soaring food prices. Clearly this issue is much bigger than the pasta problems at Harvard. As anthropology professor James Watson has said, “The fact...