Posts Tagged ‘Harvard University’
Right This Way Please … Early Admissions Debate Rages On
by Courtney Wilk
February 25, 2011
In September 2006, Harvard made the decision to end early admissions. Early admissions takes on two forms: early action and early decision. What Harvard had in place was non-binding early action, meaning that a student applies before the regular deadline—in early November—and has until admissions decisions come back from other schools before deciding where to ...
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Technically Speaking, NE’s Largest Grad Enrollments
by John O. Harney
December 30, 2010
The weekly Mass High Tech newspaper recently published a list of New England institutions with the largest "tech graduate enrollment." The list of 20 includes some famous New England private research institutions such as MIT and Harvard as well as seven public universities.
Although Mass High Tech didn't use a specific definition of "tech" programs, it ...
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Rhodes Scholars Abound in New England
by Shoshana Akins
December 1, 2010
Ten of the 32 new Rhodes Scholars are from New England or studied in the region.
They are: Mark Jia and Nicholas DiBerardino, both of Princeton University; Laura Nelson of the University of Virginia; Zachary Frankel, Daniel Lage and Baltazar Zavala of Harvard; Alice Baumgartner and William Zeng of Yale; Gabrielle Emanuel of Dartmouth; and Jennifer ...
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NE Campuses Wearing Green on 2011 College Sustainability Report Card
by Christine Cassis
October 26, 2010
The College Sustainability Report Card 2011 is out today, revealing the profiles of 322 schools and their sustainability policies. The fifth edition of the report by the Sustainable Endowments Institute assesses 52 indicators, ranging from green initiatives to recycling programs, and uses an A to F letter-grading system to evaluate different colleges and universities nationwide.
Some ...
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As Leaves Change, So Do College Officials
by Shoshana Akins, Christine Cassis and John O. Harney
October 20, 2010
College of the Atlantic President David F. Hales announced he will retire at the end of the academic year. During his tenure, the college became a carbon-neutral institution, expanded its faculty and diversified its academic programs. A search for a new president is underway for the 2011-12 academic year.
Suffolk University President David Sargent, whose ...
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Biotech Firms Still Brewing Work in Cambridge, Mass.
by Shoshana Akins
June 25, 2010
Cambridge, Mass., dominates the list of biotechnology firms with the most employees in New England—accounting for seven of the top 10 providers of biotech jobs in the region, reports the specialty newspaper Mass High Tech.
With 12,000 total employees, Genzyme Corp. employed nearly 5,000 in New England and recently announced 502 job openings in Massachusetts. ...
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Buying Access to Ivy—A Way to Revive Harvard
by Jay A. Halfond
June 4, 2010
Of the many, many articles written on Harvard University’s endowment woes, I have yet to read one actually sympathetic with Harvard. Perhaps this reflects our gleeful voyeurism when the high-and-mighty fall, or sense of justice that the reckless should pay for their recklessness, or belief that no university truly needs or deserves such a large ...
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