| After Harvard, Yale boosts aid
Yale announced this week that it will change its undergraduate financial aid policy for all students this fall. The changes are meant to make college more affordable for middle and upper-income families and follow in the footsteps of a similar policy enacted by Harvard last December.
"We want all of our students to make the most of Yale academically and beyond without worrying about excessive work hours or debt," Yale president Richard Levin said in a press release. "Our new financial aid package makes this aspiration a reality."
At both Yale and Harvard, parents with annual incomes below $60,000 a year will not have to contribute toward their child's college education, and families with incomes from $60,000 to $120,000 will now pay between 1 and 10 percent of their incomes toward tuition.
Liberals would set up $1-billion fund to help manufacturing: Dion
Of cousre Oilberta never sucked the teet of the U.S. where most of the provinces oil goes. When Ontario was carrying the country and oil was about 20 bucks the Oilbertans were whining then. Here it is 2008 and they can't stop. Don't worry as the economy of the country slows and the price of oil drops we'll still hear the whining of the oilbertans. Posted 18/01/08 at 1:15 PM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Friday wild card
Or the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce should pick up the tab willingly to settle this ongoing tempest. I'm posting this from home, so I can't provide the rest of my editorial today. But there's enough here to discuss. We think Post Falls should quit acting like a jealous sibling and eat the cost of city services for the Coeur d'Alene Ironman. Are we all wet? .
N.J. colleges try for faster, cheaper
With tuition soaring and state support shrinking, New Jersey's public colleges and universities are exploring ways for students to get their diploma quicker and cheaper. Shortening the road to graduation is just one of nearly a dozen suggestions released today by the New Jersey Association of Colleges and Universities, which formed a task force in September to consider improving higher education opportunities at a time of a shrinking state budget. Continue reading "N.J. colleges try for faster, cheaper" » .
Friday wild card
Or the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce should pick up the tab willingly to settle this ongoing tempest. I'm posting this from home, so I can't provide the rest of my editorial today. But there's enough here to discuss. We think Post Falls should quit acting like a jealous sibling and eat the cost of city services for the Coeur d'Alene Ironman. Are we all wet? .
Danes seek sun, cultural ties to U.S. Virgin Islands
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands — The Danish owned these tropical islands for centuries, but about the only people speaking their language here these days are tourists. History buffs and sun-seekers are flocking here from Denmark, coming in greater numbers than their colonial forebears ever did as the tiny Scandinavian country revives cultural ties with its old Caribbean possession. As Danes rediscover the one-time trading hub as a beach haven, some find themselves asking why their government sold the islands to the United States in 1917. "It was a mistake," joked Karen Larsen, a 60-year-old teacher from Blokhus, Denmark, as she relaxed at a seaside hotel after taking a Danish-language tour through the lush mountain greenery and colonial architecture of St.
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