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Sharon Bitz, executive director of Mount Bachelor Academy, denies the charges. In an e-mailed statement to TIME, she said the reports of abuse are "inaccurate representations of Mount Bachelor Academy's therapeutic approach for struggling or underachieving teens. Some of the accusations are demonstrably false, while others have been exaggerated for shock effect...
...findings when making the claim that Facebook itself is a cause of lower academic performance. But Karpinski’s data only demonstrates correlation, not causation. Kevin Lewis, who is a Ph.D. Candidate in the sociology department at Harvard and has studied Facebook interactions, wrote in an e-mail statement, “What this study tells us is that there is an association between being a member of Facebook and having a lower GPA; it tells us virtually nothing else.” Karpinski also acknowledged that her study does not reach a definite conclusion...
...commitment to financial aid across the graduate schools. “Our overall objective is to ensure that a Harvard graduate education remains accessible to talented students regardless of where they live,” Harvard’s Chief Financial Officer Daniel S. Shore said in a statement yesterday. Citing the historically higher probability of default by international students compared to American students, a Citibank spokesman said at the time that the frozen credit markets caused lenders to shy away from issuing high risk loans. HUECU president Eugene J. Foley acknowledged that the credit union will likely see higher...
...been entertaining the idea of revamping the structure of the science libraries to create greater efficiency, she said. The consolidation of services and collections across the science library services would facilitate interdisciplinary research and economize the purchasing, licensing, and processing of materials, according to Bloxham’s statement. But Brainard did not deny the possibility of cost-reduction measures. Given the current fiscal picture, the merging of the science libraries under one administrative umbrella is likely part of a concerted effort to shave costs, according to two library staffers interviewed yesterday. “Any plan to consolidate...
...campaign. He also helped the Democrats win House seats in 1998, when we were badly outspent and pundits predicted losses of 25 to 35 seats. The last time the President's party won House seats in the sixth year of his presidency was 1822," Bill Clinton said in a statement e-mailed by a spokesperson to TIME.com. As for Penn's performance in the 2008 presidential campaign, the former President insisted that the consultant had been a "great help" to his wife, adding, "In 2008, his polling was accurate and advice was helpful even though the campaign didn't prevail...