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...student loan industry is corrupt. Top-notch students are being sent out of the United States after graduation.For better or for worse, the public spotlight has gravitated toward the world of higher education this past year. In light of this heightened scrutiny, we hope that institutions of higher education reaffirm their commitment to allowing all to go to college—regardless of their background—and to protecting intellectual freedom.The rising cost of college tuition makes the need for student loan reform ever more apparent. As most students in need of aid rely heavily on federal loans, Congress?...
...response to the requests contained in the petition entitled “Stand for Security”, we are very pleased to reaffirm our ongoing commitment to the principles and implementing recommendations set forth in the Harvard Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies’ (the Committee) final report issued on December 19, 2001. In so doing, the University endorses the carefully considered findings of a committee of eleven faculty members, four students, three union representatives, and two administrators charged with reviewing concerns similar to those raised in your petition. As in 2001, we believe the Committee?...
...With regard to the duty owed to all campus workers we reaffirm that: Although the University does not have equivalent direct obligations to the employees of contractors as it does to its own employees, the University's employment and contracting practices should reflect a humane concern for the well-being of all individuals who work at Harvard, regardless of whether they are directly-employed for Harvard or work on campus for a contractor...
...With regard to outsourcing we reaffirm that: Harvard should not use outsourcing to undermine its obligations to be a good employer and to bargain in good faith with its unionized employees. Outsourcing should not be used to lower wages and weaken the unions representing Harvard's employees. Similarly, the University should not inappropriately use casual employees in a manner inconsistent with its stated policies and to get around its collective bargaining obligations...
...need to faith and charity one and the same. "For the Church, charity is not a kind of welfare activity which could equally well be left to others, but is a part of her nature, an indispensable expression of her very being," he writes. "It is time to reaffirm the importance of prayer in the face of the activism and the growing secularism of many Christians engaged in charitable work...