Top-tier American universities charge tens of thousands of dollars a year in tuition – yet they get away with exploiting legions of adjunct professors, underpaid and economically insecure, who work long hours and typically do not even receive health insurance.
Nearly 10,000 candidates were battling for seats in English county councils and unitary authorities - "top-tier" authorities in charge of schools, roads, refuse collection and fire and rescue among other services.
At restaurants in New York and a few other cities, the counter is where innovative dishes are served, top-tier prices are charged and in-the-know diners willingly sit elbow-to-elbow-to-elbow.
Homework debates are both evergreen and charged in top-tier schools, but several private-school watchers say the recent moves to ease up are a marked shift.
They can start by breaking their addiction to top-tier journals, which are likely to charge the highest APCs because publishers know that researchers and university managers continue to mis-apply journal reputations (quantified as impact factors) as a measure of the quality of individual researchers or their work.
Defender Garry Hay believes new Kilmarnock manager Allan Johnston has earned his chance to show that he can prosper in charge of a top-tier team.
With shiny production values, a top-tier director ("Maleficent's" Robert Stromberg) and a plan to charge consumers, it is also one of the most fraught.
Are top-tier business schools overly focused on developing "leaders" who are ready to take charge of anything?
Two top-tier lifestyle Instagrammers, each with a total reach of around one million followers, charge $15,000 and $20,000 respectively for one post.
Others charge through in two years under an honors program and transfer to top-tier universities.
Turkish top-tier club Genclerbirligi have fired their fifth coach since the start of the season after only one match in charge.
