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...wonder if there's a price boys pay for the "soft bigotry of low expectations." The college deans I talked to worry that there is some message boys are not receiving, role models they are missing, that speaks to the importance of an education both broad and deep. "I found it harder to talk to guys in interviews, even after 40 years," says Haverford dean Greg Kannerstein, "because they seem narrower in their interests than the women." He wonders if schools and parents have wrapped boys in cotton, focused on "support" at the expense of accountability. "For a long time...
...possible to imagine immigration policies that could command broad support, including from a significant number of conservatives and Hispanics. The GOP could stand for increased enforcement but also hold open the possibility of regularizing illegal immigrants who have been here a long time. Or Republicans could combine enforcement with steps to improve conditions for legal immigrants--or draw distinctions among illegal immigrants, prioritizing the deportation of those who are felons...
...transfer applicant, nor do I mean to create an overly broad or unreal dichotomy between them and four-year students. I admit this theory may not bear out in every case. But it seems undeniable that as the feeding frenzy thrashes each year with more intensity and less good sense, Harvard stands to lose quickly more than a handful of NYU sweatshirts. Rather, a precious and still-resilient resource may become endangered: the supply of congenial, self-satisfied enrollees more interested in making friends than meeting recruiters or Pulitzer winners. What, then, will we tell applicants worried that the stodgy...
...Trustees, alumni, and parents have no right to micromanage the faculty or the administration, but they should take an interest in whether students receive a broad liberal education, effective teaching, skilled advising, and an enriching and satisfying college experience. Too often today they don’t know and don’t care. I believe it’s time for a change...
...same time, the slowing economy started to dent sales. "They finally got to the point where their customer base was so broad it wasn't recession-proof," says Bear Stearns analyst Joseph Buckley. The summer of 2007 was particularly bad because of consumers' growing boredom with Frappuccinos, which make up about 15% of sales, according to UBS analyst David Palmer. Then, in the quarter ending in September, traffic at established U.S. stores fell 1%, the first drop ever. The next quarter, traffic dropped again--down 3%--and comp-store sales fell 1%, the first time Starbucks had ever swung negative...