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Rick Singer Mastermind Of Varsity Blues Scandal Is Sentenced To 3C2Bd Years In Prison

Rick Singer, Mastermind of Varsity Blues Scandal, Is Sentenced to 3½ Years in Prison

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The ruling is a final chapter in the cheating scandal. But the cynicism over college admissions, athletics and fund-raising is not going away. After dozens of convictions of parents and coaches, Operation Varsity Blues reached something of a final chapter on Wednesday when William Singer, the mastermind of the college admissions cheating scheme, was sentenced …

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A Happier New Year

A Happier New Year

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Develop stronger relationships in 2023. For over 80 years, researchers at Harvard have studied what makes for a good life. They found one surefire, scientifically proven predictor of happiness: developing warmer relationships. A team of reporters on The Times’s health and wellness desk, Well, developed a seven-day challenge to help you do just that. I …

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Harvard Names A New President An Insider And Historic First

Harvard Names a New President, an Insider and Historic First

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Claudine Gay, the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will be the university’s first Black leader, and the second woman. She will take office just as the university faces a Supreme Court decision on affirmative action. Harvard University announced on Thursday that its new president would be Claudine Gay, the dean of Harvard’s …

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Who Is Dina Boluarte Perus New And First Woman President

Who Is Dina Boluarte, Peru’s New and First Woman President?

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Ms. Boluarte, the country’s first woman president, ascended to power suddenly, after her predecessor was arrested. She takes power as corruption and discontent test democracies across Latin America. Like the man she replaced, she is a leftist who grew up far from the capital, with a strong connection to her mostly poor mountainous region. Unlike …

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Who Is Dina Boluarte Perus New And First Woman President

Who Is Dina Boluarte, Peru’s New and First Woman President?

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Ms. Boluarte, the country’s first woman president, ascended to power suddenly, after her predecessor was arrested. She takes power as corruption and discontent test democracies across Latin America. Like the man she replaced, she is a leftist who grew up far from the capital, with a strong connection to her mostly poor mountainous region. Unlike …

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Applying To College And Trying To Appear Less Asian

Applying to College, and Trying to Appear ‘Less Asian’

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The affirmative action lawsuit against Harvard seemed to confirm advice given for years to Asian Americans: Don’t play chess, don’t check the box declaring race. When it came time to fill out his college application form, Max Li chose not to declare his race. Even though he knew his last name sounded Chinese, he selected …

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As More Top Law Schools Boycott Rankings Others Say They Cant Afford To Leave

As More Top Law Schools Boycott Rankings, Others Say They Can’t Afford to Leave

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Four schools joined Yale and Harvard’s rebellion against U.S. News. And the bar association will no longer require schools to mandate the LSAT or GRE. But rankings still matter. For more than 30 years, roughly the same 14 law schools have been the most highly rated by U.S. News, fluctuating only slightly. The list has …

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Fencing Can Be Six Figure Expensive But It Wins In College Admissions

Fencing Can Be Six-Figure Expensive, but It Wins in College Admissions

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At the Manhattan Fencing Center, the athletes don’t look much like the swashbuckling heroes in the movies. There are no daring leaps or flips, no slashing or gallivanting around the room. Instead, young fencers methodically attack and parry along a long, narrow strip of floor. A hit — the touch of an opponent’s garb — …

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Affirmative Action Was Banned At Two Top Universities They Say They Need It

Affirmative Action Was Banned at Two Top Universities. They Say They Need It.

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As a Supreme Court case on college admissions nears, the California and Michigan university systems say their efforts to build diverse classes have hardly worked. It has been more than 15 years since two of the country’s top public university systems, the University of Michigan and the University of California, were forced to stop using …

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