Where should I buy an engagement ring?Dear Local –I’m thinking of getting hitched – where would you go to get a ring for your honey?Lucky in Love, NF Lucky –Amazingly enough (what a coincidence!), I just went through this very ordeal, I mean pleasure, this summer. I’ll tell you what I know.First off, there is… Continue reading Ask the Local:
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Crossing the Sectoral Divide
“The lines between the private and non-profit sectors are blurring,” Michael Chu stated last Wednesday in a panel sponsored by the Social Enterprise Club on changing sectors throughout one’s career. Chu and fellow panelists Kelly Fitzsimmons and Susan Wolf Ditkoff debunked a number of commonly shared myths about the differences between the non-profit and private… Continue reading Crossing the Sectoral Divide
The Ethics of Rising Tuition
Last year, Pine Manor College, a small liberal arts college in Chestnut Hill, took an unusual step in reforming higher education in the United States. It decided to reduce its tuition by 34%. For a college with less than $22 million in total endowment, it was an extraordinary move. After years of colleges increasing tuition… Continue reading The Ethics of Rising Tuition
