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Harvard's Tentacles
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every year, the U.S. spends millions of dollars to send government workers to Harvard for a month, an expensive training arrangement that some in Congress are questioning.
A monthlong leadership course at the Ivy League university costs taxpayers more than $18,000 per employee. That's more than twice what the average public university charges for tuition and fees, excluding room and board, for an entire year, and enough to pay the same charges for a semester and a half at the average private university.
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Enrollment in Harvard's government training programs increased from 376 to 490 between 2007 and 2009, a rise of about 30 percent, according to figures the school provided Congress. Tuition for the four-week Senior Executive Fellows program has risen from $15,500 to $18,300 during that time.
In all, the government spends about $5 million a year on Harvard training programs, according to the school's figures.
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The question at the heart of the debate is when the government should act like the large corporation it essentially functions as. .
http://home.myhughesnet.com/news/re...ass&action=4&lang=en&_LT=HOME_BUNWC00L4_UNEWS
Well, if government is to act like a big corporation, the very first thing it should be concerned about is its profit margin, not social justice....
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every year, the U.S. spends millions of dollars to send government workers to Harvard for a month, an expensive training arrangement that some in Congress are questioning.
A monthlong leadership course at the Ivy League university costs taxpayers more than $18,000 per employee. That's more than twice what the average public university charges for tuition and fees, excluding room and board, for an entire year, and enough to pay the same charges for a semester and a half at the average private university.
...
Enrollment in Harvard's government training programs increased from 376 to 490 between 2007 and 2009, a rise of about 30 percent, according to figures the school provided Congress. Tuition for the four-week Senior Executive Fellows program has risen from $15,500 to $18,300 during that time.
In all, the government spends about $5 million a year on Harvard training programs, according to the school's figures.
...
The question at the heart of the debate is when the government should act like the large corporation it essentially functions as. .
http://home.myhughesnet.com/news/re...ass&action=4&lang=en&_LT=HOME_BUNWC00L4_UNEWS
Well, if government is to act like a big corporation, the very first thing it should be concerned about is its profit margin, not social justice....
