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April 16 (Bloomberg) -- Columbia University, New York University and Barnard College, three of Manhattan's most competitive private colleges, are drawing record applications, and the reason goes beyond demographics. New York is increasingly a magnet for students who want corporate internships and a chance to tap the city's deep well of entertainment offerings, students and educators say. Fear of urban crime and terrorism, once barriers for some applicants, has diminished. Major crime in New York is down 66 percent in the past 10 years, according to the city's police department. In March, the Princeton Review Inc., a test-preparation and admissions...

The ombudsman is here because the doctrine against it collapsed. But pride says the Times cannot copy the Post. What's Bill Keller to do?The argument for why an ombudsman would never be needed at the New York Times went like this. Every editor should represent the interests of the reader. That’s what good editors do. No ombudsman. Before you start poking at the logic, appreciate how long it stood and how well it served the authority of the Times. First ombudsman is 1967, Louisville Courier Journal. Thirty six years later, the New York Times agrees: maybe it’s a good...

Congress Weighs Anti-U.S. Biases At Key Colleges: Columbia, NYU Cited in Testimony New York Sun, June 20-22, 2003 (Front page) By Timothy Starks - Staff Reporter of the Sun WASHINGTON -A House subcommittee yesterday held a public hearing to investigate whether anti-American views pervade federally funded international-studies programs on college campuses -- including Columbia and New York University -- and to get ideas for what, if anything, should be done about it. . The hearing came as Congress moves to renew the Higher Education Act, and as a key group of Senate Republicans considers whether Congress should intervene in an...