Word: gaps
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...gender gap has reopened: if girls were once excluded because they somehow weren't good enough, they now are rejected because they're too good. Or at least they are so good, compared with boys, that admissions committees at some private colleges have problems managing a balanced freshman class. Roughly 58% of undergraduates nationally are female, and the girl-boy ratio will probably tip past 60-40 in a few years. The divide is even worse for black males, who are outnumbered on campus by black females...
While educators debate whether there is a "boy crisis" that warrants a wholesale change in how to teach, colleges are quietly stripping the pastels from brochures and launching Xbox tournaments to try to close the gap in the quality and quantity of boys applying. "It's a gross generalization that slacker boys get in over high-performing girls," says Jennifer Delahunty, dean of admissions at Kenyon College, "but developmentally, girls bring more to the table than boys, and the disparity has gotten greater in recent years...
...everyone.” The 2008-2009 budget—to be voted up or down on April 15—represents a 2.36 percent increase over last year’s budget, with a large proportion of additional funds allocated to personnel-related costs. However, resolving the budgetary gap between the projected proposal expenditures and revenues this year is now expected to result in approximately 3.1 million dollars in spending cuts, including administrative restructuring. “Even though we are cutting substantially over three million dollars in our budget, we are managing to do things other schools aren?...
...first game. Slamming down two well-timed kills, Rosier gave Harvard its first lead of the match, boosting the score, 26-25. Rosier recorded seven kills over the course of the night. The Crimson had been trailing from the beginning of the first frame. Harvard closed the gap to tie with the Chargers eight times before Rosier put the Crimson on top—and for good. With the momentum finally in its favor, the Crimson kept hold of its lead to close out the stanza, 30-27. With Kuld serving, Harvard went on a five-point run early...
Obama's best shot at winning Pennsylvania, or at least closing the gap, is rallying Democrats in and around Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the state's two largest cities. So why is he spending so much time in central Pennsylvania? "This is good old-fashioned retail campaigning, with perhaps a feint to surprise and unbalance the Clinton campaign and force her to contest every delegate," said Donald Kettl, a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. "In some of these communities, he's been playing to his base, such as the rally at Penn State. However, he's also...