Yargh! I feel like one of those crusty old curmudgeons, at least one of 
which shows up on everyone's dissertation committee, but in the interest of 
students and the impressionable young that might be on this list, I'm 
compelled to point out:

Amy, "impact" is not a verb. I know the native speaker is always right (Dr. 
Hardaman beat it into my brain) but we don't have to be natives of the 
community of illiteracy.

Marcy, the expression is not ". . . fair so well . . ." but " . . . fare so 
well . . .", as in "wayfaring" or traveling.

Academic and bureaucratic gobbledy gook is bad enough, but can't we maintain 
some devotion to clear writing?

Tim T.
pedantic curmudgeon