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September 2008
- Tony Blair Nervous on First Day of School
  
  Yale Daily News | Sep 19, 08 1:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It’s the first day of school for Tony Blair, and the former prime minister confesses to having a case of nerves. “I was never a star student,” says Blair, who is embarking on a 3-year teaching gig at Yale. Blair tells the Yale Daily News he’s excited, but he’s also aware that he's going to be “mixing with a whole lot of people who I’m sure are a whole lot more clever and smarter than I am.” More »
  
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  Tony Blair • Ivy League • Yale
August 2008
- Harvard Bumps Princeton in Top Colleges List
  
  Associated Press | Aug 22, 08 9:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Harvard has reclaimed sole possession of the top spot in the ever-controversial US News and World Report rankings for the first time in 12 years. Princeton slipped to second, with Yale in third and Stanford and MIT tied for fourth spot. The magazine rates the halls of learning based on factors like SAT scores, reputation, and selectivity . More »
  
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  Harvard • higher education • colleges and universities • Ivy League • universities • Yale • college rankings • Princeton
- Ivy Leaguers Start Ahead, Stay Ahead
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 1, 08 12:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - How much you make correlates with where you went to school, a new study finds. Bachelor’s degree holders’ salaries grow at the same rate over the first decade of their careers regardless of the school, the Wall Street Journal reports, but Ivy League graduates’ median starting salary is 32% higher than that of liberal arts grads, a disparity sustained at 34% 10 years into their careers. More »
  
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  Harvard • higher education • income • Ivy League • Ohio State University • Dartmouth • income disparity • salary gap
July 2008
- 'Ivy Retardation' Curse of Elites
  
  The American Scholar | Jul 27, 08 5:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Its advantages are undeniable, but an elite education can also cause a crippling case of “Ivy retardation,” as William Deresiewicz realized while struggling, despite fluency in several languages, to make small talk with his blue-collar plumber in Boston. “The best and the brightest” develop an inflated sense of self-worth and are trained to see the lesser-educated as inferior, no matter their intelligence, he writes in American Scholar . More »
  
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  education • Ivy League • working class • elite
April 2008
- Harvard Gets $100M From Rockefeller
  
  New York Times | Apr 25, 08 3:02 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Harvard fund managers rejoice! The university will get to stock its coffers, already $35 billion strong, with a $100 million gift from David Rockefeller, the largest ever by an alumnus, the New York Times reports. The money will be used to expand the university's arts program and help more students study abroad. “I was a student, class of 1936," said the billionaire banker. "My experiences there shaped who I am.” More »
  
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  Harvard • philanthropy • Ivy League • endowment
- Top Colleges Report Record Low Rates of Admission
  
  New York Times | Apr 1, 08 3:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Acceptance letters from the nation's top colleges will begin to arrive on prospective students' doorsteps today, but far more rejection letters are in the mail than ever before, reports the New York Times. Harvard and Yale accepted only 7.1% and 8.3% of applicants, respectively, both record lows as schools struggle with changing demographics. More »
  
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  education • college • Harvard • university • Yale University • college admissions • Ivy League • Columbia University • Dartmouth • college applications
March 2008
- Stanford Closes Book on Cornell
  
  Associated Press | Mar 20, 08 9:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Cornell entered today’s game against Stanford with a 16-game winning streak, and watching the first 10 minutes or so of the game would have led some to believe they could pull off No. 17, and a huge upset in the process. Then the Stanford Cardinal came alive, going on to rout the Big Red 77-53, and enjoying a first-round tourney win for the first time in three years. More »
  
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  Pac-10 Conference • Stanford Cardinal • Ivy League • Cornell Big Red
- Ivy Aid May Hit 2nd-Tier Schools
  
  Newsweek | Mar 5, 08 12:35 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - It’s easy to applaud the generosity the Ivy League is lavishing on the middle class, but it could have unintended consequences, Newsweek notes. Second-tier schools and elite public universities rely on the highly talented middle-class kids Harvard and company are targeting. “Schools compete hard for those students,” said Colgate’s VP of finances. But Colgate’s $700 million can’t compete with Harvard’s $34 billion war chest. More »
  
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  Harvard • higher education • Ivy League • endowment • middle class • financial aid • Colgate University
- Are Black Immigrants Black?
  
  Mother Jones | Mar 1, 08 7:31 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The notion that a black American must be a “descendant of West African slaves brought here to labor for whites against their will” just reinforces the “invisibility that black immigrants face in America,” Debra Dickerson writes in Mother Jones . But she can’t escape it herself, she admits; she has said that Barack Obama isn’t black, endorsing “a politico-cultural reality which I reject.” More »
  
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  Barack Obama • education • African Americans • Ivy League • black community • West Africa • African • Malcolm X
- Harvard Hoops Recruiting Questioned
  
  New York Times | Mar 1, 08 5:03 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Harvard may have done some un-Ivy League like things to upgrade its basketball program, reports the New York Times . Harvard, which hasn't played in the NCAA Tournament since 1946, is coming under fire for its recruiting tactics. “We don’t know how all this is going to come out, but we could not get involved with many of the kids that they are bringing in," said Yale coach James Jones. More »
  
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  NCAA basketball • Harvard • Ivy League • recruiting • James Jones
January 2008
- Yale Ups Endowment Spending
  
  Yale Daily News | Jan 8, 08 8:46 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Yale will significantly increase spending from its $22.5 billion endowment next year—providing more financial aid and launching new research. The university will draw $1.15 billion from its endowment compared with $843 million last year. The decision comes after Yale and other top universities were criticized for sitting on their enormous wealth, reports the Yale Daily News . More »
  
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  Yale University • Ivy League • endowment • financial aid • Senate Finance Committee • Chuck Grassley • Richard Levin
December 2007
- Harvard Offers Middle-Class Parents Help*
  
  Boston Globe | Dec 31, 07 3:20 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Generosity isn't what's fueling Harvard’s new $22 million giveaway to the middle class—it’s greed, educational consultant Steven Roy Goodman writes in the Boston Globe. Harvard’s giving the extra financial aid as a PR move, hoping to squash brewing legislation that would force universities to spend 5% of their endowments each year. Because Harvard has $35 billion squirreled away, that would amount to $1.75 billion. More »
  
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  Harvard • higher education • colleges and universities • Ivy League • endowment • nonprofit • financial aid • college tuition
- UK Students Choosing Ivies Over Oxbridge
  
  Times (UK) | Dec 24, 07 8:15 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A record number of British students are forsaking Oxford and Cambridge to apply to elite American schools, the Times of London reports. Lured by more generous financial aid packages and less restrictive curricula, students are crossing the pond to the Ivy League. Yale's applications from Britain, for one, have tripled in 10 years. More »
  
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  college admissions • Ivy League • Oxford University • Cambridge University
- In Higher Education, the Rich Get Richer
  
  BusinessWeek | Dec 3, 07 1:08 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - As Ivy League schools upgrade dorms, financial aid, and student-faculty ratios, America’s public universities are losing out, BusinessWeek reports. The "Ivy Plus" schools, which include Stanford and MIT, represent 1% of the US student population but are the richest by far. "We can add resources in almost every dimension," boasts Yale's president. More »
  
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  Harvard • Stanford University • Yale University • Ivy League • Princeton University • brain drain
- Getting into Harvard not as Easy as P-R-E-P
  
  Wall Street Journal | Dec 1, 07 4:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Ivy-League-seeking parents beware: admissions officers at top schools around the country are looking for more than just the private-school preppie. While private and prep schools still lead the way, a growing percentage of students at elite universities are public school grads and international scholars, the Wall Street Journal reveals. At Penn, international students compose 13% of the class of 2011. More »
  
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  high school • Harvard • MIT • Duke University • University of Chicago • college admissions • Ivy League • University of Pennsylvania

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