Harvard University alumni

Recently my class was given an incredible opportunity to catch sight of life from others points of view. We took a trip to a university that I feel relatively unfamiliar with; Furthermore, I was given the chance to interact with many others that are in the same path as myself. Individuals that are seeking similar opportunities in life for betterment through education. I speak of an event special to my heart, organized by a group of amazing leaders that will guide me into being a successful…

A research completed by Stacy Dale, a mathematician at Mathematica Policy Research, and Alan Krueger, an economist at Princeton University, answers the question: Do people who go to elite colleges get more income than who get rejected and have the same SAT score? The answer is simply no. Students who had the same SAT score as the students who went to elite colleges are just as successful…

activities in high school. I am beginning to apply to colleges across the nation, trying to find the best place to take the next step in my life. When looking at colleges, I look for the opportunity to choose between a community college or a big university, how far will I be from home, the choice between public or private colleges, and at the end of the day, the tuition cost is what will mostly determine where I will go after high school. As I received letter after letter, email after email…

for their tuition rates, but the question is, are they justified? The simple answer is no. The primary reason for increasing tuition rates is debated by many. According to Sandy Baum, a professor in Education Administration at George Washington University, in her contribution to an NPR broadcast, it is due to decreasing state help meaning that students are paying more and more of the tuition on their own. John Merline, a writer for Investors Business Daily, suggests rising grant aid is allowing…

L., & Riley, E. (2007). Financial aid: A broken bridge to college access? Harvard Educational Review, 77(1), 39-63,127. Retrieved from http:// search.proquest.com.proxy.davenport.edu/docview/212260577?accountid=40195 Chabot, B. (2003). Investing for middle america: John elliot tappan and the origins of american express financial…

United States and graduating from an Ivy League University (Westbrook). That makes 15 presidents who attended an Ivy League school. The Ivy League schools, most of which are older than the United States itself, have produced numerous successful and prestigious alumni since their opening; however, while the Ivy League colleges do provide prestigious degrees, they also provide colossal amounts of stress and anxiety (Torrez). Of the…

1st Lady, Michelle Obama gave an eye- opening speech about her “Let’s Move!” campaign against childhood obesity. This took place at the NAACP national convention in Kansas City, Missouri in 2010. The NAACP, otherwise known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. There she spoke about how childhood obesity greatly targets African- American children and how this is now a big problem in…

positive, the result is that this award is problematic, because it only recognized one winner, but what happen to the rest employees that are always on time and do their work everyday. The article published on April 8th, 2013, by Diana Gerderman on the Harvard Business School’s website, title “How to Demotivate Your Best Employees,” is destined to inform and demonstrated that awards such as "employee of the month,” in fact it is harmful to the employer’s motivation. Gerderman use evidence-base…

Started in 2014 by IIT Delhi alumni- Rohit Taneja and FMS Alumni-Ankit Singh, Mypoolin was initially launched as a web application. Soon after its launch, the company earned a revenue up to INR 10 lakh in the first four months giving it a positive kick start. The company was started with the aim…

article “The Paradox of Samsung´s Rise“ written by Tarun Khanna, Jaeyong Song and Kyungmook Lee, was published by Harvard Business Review in the July-August 2011 edition on pages 142-147. Tarun Khanna is Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School and the Director of Harvard’s South Asia Institute. Jaeyong Song and Kyungmook Lee are professors at the Seoul National University in South Korea. The intention of the article is to describe Samsung´s crucial approach of moving away…