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...understands this, which may be one reason he is careful not to explicitly endorse candidates, even though you don't exactly need a hearing aid to know whom he likes. Of the infamous characterization of evangelical voters as "poor, uneducated and easily led," he says, "Evangelicals are actually slightly wealthier than the general public, better educated. And they are about as easy to lead as a herd of tomcats...
...that public universities face in pursuing scientific research. In the Dec. 10 issue of the magazine, reporter Anthony Bianco wrote that Faust believed “it would be wise” for what he termed “lesser universities” to leave larger science endeavors to wealthier private schools. The story provoked a denunciation from the provosts of 11 large public universities who sent a letter to BusinessWeek criticizing Faust for purportedly alleging that “lesser-endowed universities should back off from ‘ambitious’ scientific research and focus instead on social...
...year marks the first without Early Action, the non-binding early admissions program that allowed students to apply by Nov. 1 and receive a decision by mid-December. Harvard announced the program’s end in fall 2006, arguing that early admissions practices tend to advantage students from wealthier families...
Harvard announced the program's end in fall 2006, arguing that early admissions practices tend to advantage students from wealthier families...
...administrators from 11 public research universities released a joint statement last week rebuking University President Drew G. Faust for her recent comments in BusinessWeek, where she was quoted as saying that public universities short on federal funds should leave expensive scientific research to their wealthier peers...