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Getting to Si, Ja, Oui, Hai, and Da
Harvard Business Review - Erin Meyer
Idea in Brief The Problem In cross-border negotiations, managers often discover that perfectly rational deals fall apart when their counterparts make what seem to be unreasonable demands or don’t respect...
Nov 27, 2019
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Hooking Up Is Easy to Do (But Pretty Complicated)
New York Magazine - By Katie Van Syckle
Sex on Campus Is Easy To Do But pretty complicated. Photograph by Brendan Hunt Bard class of 2016 On the first night of Dartmouth’s fall term, a svelte …
Oct 19, 2015
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What’s the Point of College?
The New Yorker - John Cassidy
We think sending more people to college will revitalize the economy. What if it just creates a lot of bookish baristas? If there is one thing most Americans have been able to agree on over the years, is...
Aug 31, 2015
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/opinion/sunday/frank-bruni-how-to-survive-the-college-admissions-madness.html?action=click&contentCollection=N.Y.+%2F+Region&module=MostEmailed&pgtype=article&region=Marginalia&version=Full
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Mar 17, 2015
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“Most Of The Times I Ever Lost A Lot Of Money With Somebody, They Graduated From Harvard.”
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The brokerage business was changed the minute the Internet was born… It took the power of information, which is what the broker had the best of — …
Oct 15, 2014
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/world/americas/campus-police-acquire-military-weapons.html
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Sep 22, 2014
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Poison Ivy
The New Yorker - Nathan Heller
Nathan Heller on William Deresiewicz’s “Excellent Sheep,” which, in attempting to debunk one myth of higher education falls prey to another. I went to college early in this century, when the drug of choice...
Aug 25, 2014
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/upshot/why-colleges-with-a-distinct-focus-have-a-hidden-advantage.html
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Sep 5, 2014
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Students Travel To 2025 To Question The Future Of Higher Education
psfk.com
They learned about four possible future higher education tracks, or could create their own.
May 9, 2014
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Fossil fuel protesters blockade offices at Harvard University
Financial Times - Ed Crooks
Students at Harvard University blockaded its administrative offices in support of their campaign to persuade the institution to sell the investments in fossil fuel companies held by its $33bn endowment....
May 1, 2014
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/education/costs-drive-both-sides-of-study-abroad.html
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May 5, 2014
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/opinion/giving-children-of-alumni-a-leg-up.html
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May 5, 2014
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/opinion/sunday/douthat-college-the-great-unequalizer.html
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May 5, 2014
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How Mental Biases Distort Perceptions of MBA Program Rankings
Harvard Business Review
When considering MBA programs and colleges that move up in published rankings, people are most impressed when the movement crosses a round-number category, such as from number 11 to number 10, as opposed...
Mar 30, 2015
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/upshot/the-american-middle-class-is-no-longer-the-worlds-richest.html
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Apr 23, 2014
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April madness: The problem with American college admissions
The Washington Post - By Pia de Jong
‘Iwould like to congratulate you on raising an exceptional student,” read the letter from a Midwestern college I’d never heard of before. “Because I’m impressed by your son, I offer to send a guide to...
Mar 21, 2014
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Prepared remarks by Philip J. Hanlon, president of Dartmouth College
The Washington Post
Philip J. Hanlon, president of Dartmouth College, delivered a speech Wednesday night in which he said that the elite Ivy League school’s promise “is being hijacked by extreme behavior, masked by its perpetrators...
Apr 16, 2014
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/us/led-by-stanfords-5-top-colleges-acceptance-rates-hit-new-lows.html?referrer=
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Apr 9, 2014
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/19/sports/ncaabasketball/harvards-latest-basketball-success-winning-over-its-campus.html?referrer=
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Mar 19, 2014
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/education/major-changes-in-sat-announced-by-college-board.html?referrer=
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Mar 6, 2014
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/education/edlife/a-historically-black-college-is-rocked-by-the-economy-infighting-and-a-changing-demographic.html
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Feb 5, 2014
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How Stanford Admitted A Cheat To Its MBA Program
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How did Mathew Martoma, who was expelled from Harvard Law School in 1999 for forging his transcript, get into the most selective business school in …
Jan 16, 2014
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http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?OP=a8ffef89Q2FoiJPoEvFoxxxoQ7BFkuo6Q5Cqe&OQ=_rQ3D0&URI=http%3A%2F%2Fopinionator.blogs.nytimes.com%2F2014%2F01%2F05%2Fdoes-immigration-mean-france-is-over%2F
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Jan 7, 2014
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/us/after-setbacks-online-courses-are-rethought.html
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Dec 12, 2013
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/02/world/europe/measuring-the-wealth-effect-in-education.html
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Dec 2, 2013
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The Job Market for MBAs is About to Take a Hit
Harvard Business Review - Walter Frick
A survey of employers suggests the hiring of MBAs in the U.S. will drop 25% in the coming year.
Aug 7, 2014
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/31/education/as-interest-fades-in-the-humanities-colleges-worry.html?ref=education&_r=0
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Nov 7, 2013
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/education/robots-or-aliens-as-parents-colleges-gauge-applicants-creativity.html?ref=education&_r=0
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Nov 6, 2013
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http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/11/01/education/welcomed-with-kisses-stanford-freshmen-risk-the-kissing-disease.html?src=recg
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Nov 3, 2013