Cambridge awaits fate in latest Microsoft cuts
May 6, 2009 by Elad Bushari · Leave a Comment
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Tuesday morning informed employees that the company will be cutting more jobs — going forward with the second phase of its previously announced plan to eliminate up to 5,000 positions by June 2010. The company isn’t giving a specific number, but Ballmer’s memo says the latest move means the Redmond computer [...]
Harvard to raise tuition by 3.5 percent
February 19, 2009 by Elad Bushari · Leave a Comment
Cambridge: Harvard University will raise tuition by 3.5 percent for undergraduate students this fall, the university said Wednesday. Harvard President Drew Faust wrote in a letter posted online Wednesday that tuition would be increased to $33,696 per year. The total costs of attendance will reach $48,868 per year. In 2007, Harvard announced a sliding scale [...]
MIT’s tuition, fees to rise 3.8 percent
February 19, 2009 by Elad Bushari · Leave a Comment
Cambridge: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will raise tuition an fees for the 2009-2010 academic year by 3.8 percent to $37,782, the college’s smallest increase in eight years. The increase comes as drops in MIT’s endowment have forced the school to slash its budget. MIT’s endowment, which stood at $10 billion as of June 30, [...]
