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Reverse Robin Hood: Colleges Take From... | ABC News

May 9, 2013

Because, says author Stephen Burd, they are engaged in "a relentless pursuit of prestige and revenue." The biggest change over the past 20 years, Burd tells ABC News, has been the shift from need-based aid to merit-based. That's been driven, he says ...

Our Broken University Financial Aid System | Mother Jones

May 9, 2013

Felix Salmon draws our attention today to a new study by Stephen Burd of the New America Foundation about Pell Grants and low-income college students. The news is grim. More and more universities, he says, have joined the "high tuition, high aid ...

Why Arming Syria's Rebels Is Still A Bad Idea | The Nation

May 9, 2013

Anne-Marie Slaughter, former director of policy planning in the Obama State Department, led the charge in a bellicose Washington Post column comparing the president's cautious response to the latest allegations to the Clinton administration's fumbling ...

Syrian Civil War Likens A Gordian Knot | IDN InDepthNews

May 9, 2013

Adding to the chorus of pro-war voices, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Obama's director of policy planning at the State Department from 2009 to 2011 and a well-known proponent of so-called "humanitarian intervention," wrote a forceful Washington Post op-ed ...

From Mother to Daughter On 'Having It All' | NPR

May 9, 2013

Anne-Marie Slaughter had been the director of policy planning for the State Department for two years — commuting from Princeton, N.J., where her family lived, to Washington, D.C., where the job was — when she realized something had to give. "It was a ...

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Report Says Colleges Use Aid To Lure Wealthier Students | Boston Globe

May 9, 2013

“I don't think it's an accident that it's occurring, and it makes sort of sense from an institution's point of view — they want to be the best they can be,” said Stephen Burd, author of the report and a senior policy analyst for the foundation, which ...

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Altering Immigration Bill Risks Losing Votes From Both Parties | Businessweek

May 9, 2013

In their drafting of the legislation, the senators “found a number of sweet spots” on contentious issues that foiled past efforts to revise immigration laws, said Tamar Jacoby, president of ImmigrationWorks USA, an organization of state-based business ...

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Altering Immigration Bill Risks Losing Senators' Votes | Bloomberg

May 9, 2013

In their drafting of the legislation, the senators “found a number of sweet spots” on contentious issues that foiled past efforts to revise immigration laws, said Tamar Jacoby, president of ImmigrationWorks USA, an organization of state-based business ...

Syrian Rebels' Internet Reliance | Nextgov

May 8, 2013

Sascha Meinrath's Institute is working on Commotion, a U.S.-government funded project to create “mesh” networks of local Internet connections that don't rely on external Internet service providers. In the case of Syria, he said, that would mean anti ...

UM Doesn't Give Enough Aid To Low-Income Students, Report Says | South Florida Business Journal

May 8, 2013

In the nonpartisan New America Foundation's report “Undermining Pell” author Stephen Burd looked at the trends in federal Pell Grants and determined that more of the financial aid was becoming merit-based, as opposed to need-based for lower income ...