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Then, in the mid-'70s, federal funding abruptly slowed and had to be spread among the swollen ranks of professors bearing Ph.D.s earned at Penn and other schools during the boom years. The government, moreover, began distributing its money among a wider range of schools and insisting that institutions pick up more of the costs of research. And inflation began to accelerate. Even before the oil crisis of the late '70s, energy costs began climbing. From 1969 to 1975, Penn's heat and electricity costs rose nearly 300% while its income from investments declined and the growth of funding from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHY COLLEGES COST TOO MUCH | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

...think a better thing for them to concentrate on would be to address the wider cultural situations which have women taking less rigorous courses than men throughout their school career," College Board spokesperson Jeffrey Penn said yesterday. "It's very easy to criticize the instrument that reflects the inequity rather than addressing the inequity in the broader society...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Group Says SAT Biased | 3/15/1997 | See Source »

...formed a board and now addresses a wider audience. We do not aim at one view of Israel," said Goldstein...

Author: By Ayanna A. Lonian, | Title: HSI Opens Awareness Week With Showing of Israeli Film | 3/10/1997 | See Source »

...both sides of the board come May 3. Everyone involved knows the match will make history, whichever way it goes. Last year's virgin Deep Blue campaign brought chess its widest audience since the Fischer-Spassky cold war match in 1972. "Chess is of secondary importance to the wider audience," says Kasparov, who nonetheless hopes to launch a chess-themed Website called Club Kasparov later this year. "It's the social contest. It's about the machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEEPER IN THOUGHT | 3/10/1997 | See Source »

...even if Loker gets a succesful makeover, it won't solve the majority of problems with social life at Harvard. Even with Boston next door, many students call for a wider variety of parties on campus, particularly in the houses...

Author: By Paul K. Nitze, | Title: Is Harvard Anti-Social? | 3/1/1997 | See Source »

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