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Racial Blind Spots Book Reviews: The affirmative action path not taken -- The Pursuit of Fairness: A History of Affirmative Action, by Terry H. Anderson... Affirmative Action Around the World, by Thomas Sowell... |
Reason
July 2002
Richard A. Epstein |
Color Schemes Can affirmative action be reconciled with liberal individualism? A review of The Anatomy of Racial Inequality, by Glenn C. Loury. |
ifeminists
January 21, 2003
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Gambling with Race and Gender Cards The race card -- the accusation of racism -- is back on the table again. Like the gender card, it is being played too often. |
Salon.com
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Black self-sabotage An African-American scholar says we're holding ourselves back. I say, "Who're you calling 'we'?" |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 13, 2012
Carmen Nobel |
The Case Against Racial Colorblindness Research by Harvard Business School's Michael I. Norton and colleagues shows that attempting to overcome prejudice by ignoring race is an ineffective strategy that -- in many cases -- only serves to perpetuate bias. |
Salon.com
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After the SAT As the University of California considers dropping the test, admissions directors of two colleges talk about what happened after they made it optional... |
Registered Rep.
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Five Secrets Colleges Are Keeping From You While universities may lure students with fancy brochures, luxury housing and scenic architecture, the reality is that colleges are high-stakes businesses preoccupied with enhancing their own prestige. |
BusinessWeek
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China's Test Prep Juggernaut Test preparation company New Oriental Education is helping a rising generation of Chinese students to ace U.S. college entrance exams |
Salon.com
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Stop the madness Admissions officers at top-rated colleges prescribe time out for burnout... |
Reason
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A Transformation on Race Two new books, Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal, by Randall Kennedy, and Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness, by John L. Jackson, Jr., discuss America's quiet but radical shift in liberal ideas about race. |
ifeminists
June 23, 2004
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The Decline of Affirmative Action The Supreme Court's ambiguous attitude toward Affirmative Action in academia is echoed through lower courts across America, with some states explicitly rejecting the policy. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Roger O. Crockett |
How to Narrow the Great Race Divide Progress in narrowing the economic divide between blacks and whites has stalled, and the time has come for a new national effort. Unlike in the 1960s, though, the battle can't be run out of DC. It will require the efforts of all levels of government, as well as companies, schools, and individuals. |
Registered Rep.
August 26, 2013
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School's (Not) Out Parents often assume that their children are going to finish their degrees in four years. Most of the time, it doesn't happen. |
HHMI Bulletin
Fall 2012 |
HHMI Awards $50 Million to Colleges Forty-seven small colleges and universities have accepted a challenge: to create more engaging science classes, bring real-world research experiences to students, and increase the diversity of students who study science. |
Reason
May 2001
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Salon.com
January 14, 2003
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CRM
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The Evolution of the MBA What business schools are doing to better prepare your future employees. |
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Financial Planning Education 101: 10 Standout Schools A closer look at ten notable schools for with financial planning programs. |
BusinessWeek
February 27, 2006 |
Amherst's "A" List: Affluence, Achievement, Athletics Tom Parker, Amherst's dean of admissions and financial aid, talks about how the admissions process works - and why he thinks it needs to be changed to give low-income students a better shot at getting in. |
IEEE Spectrum
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John L. Hennessy: Risk Taker Stanford University's president predicts the death of the lecture hall as university education moves online |
Registered Rep.
June 20, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Don't Hide the Disability While it isn't highly publicized, many colleges have resources for children with learning disabilities. |
Salon.com
July 20, 2000
Philip A. Klinkner |
Will whites ever vote to improve life for black Americans? David Horowitz called me anti-American, anti-white and ignorant for saying no, but history says I'm right. |
BusinessWeek
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For Blacks, Progress without Parity Fewer are poor, but blacks are no closer to economic equality |
Reason
March 2006
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The Silence of the Cats Book Review: In his new autobiography Herding Cats: A Life in Politics, Trent Lott still refuses to speak frankly about racism. |
Salon.com
March 30, 2001
Meredith Maran |
Can Berkeley High rebound? An ambitious program to rescue black students before they fail starts a debate over how much help is too much... |
Registered Rep.
September 17, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Rankings Are Not Accurate People don't appreciate that U.S. News doesn't even attempt to measure the type of learning going on at the nation's colleges and universities. |
T.H.E. Journal
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Q&A: iNACOL's Susan Patrick on Trends in eLearning At last count, there were more than 1 million enrollments in K-12 online schools in the United States. |
HHMI Bulletin
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Erin Peterson |
Making Bigger Better University of Texas at Austin Freshman Research Initiative student Holli Duhon describes her research. |
Registered Rep.
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Liz O'Shaughnessy |
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Salon.com
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The latest civil rights disaster Ten reasons why reparations for slavery are a bad idea for black people -- and racist too. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
Our Diversity Problem Is there rampant discrimination on Wall Street or is it just a few bad apples giving the industry a bad name? Either way, the industry's efforts to hire -- and promote -- women and minorities have not produced impressive results. |
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Making the Grade As the higher education sector finds itself struggling under a heavy course load - short-term admissions problems made worse by a systemic financial crisis - leading-edge universities are studying up on CRM. |
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Frank Deford |
Our college samurai A privileged athletic class is caustic to college life... |
Registered Rep.
December 19, 2011
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
8 Facts You Didn't Know About the ACT and SAT In honor of test-taking season, here are some valuable statistics to know about the two tests. |
Registered Rep.
September 27, 2010
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College In Four Years, Not Six Before a teenager falls in love with any colleges be sure to check their graduation rates. It could save your clients tens of thousands of dollars. |
Fast Company
September 2003
Fast Company |
Affirmative Action, Deciphered On June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on two related cases that, together, posed possibly the most important legal test of affirmative-action strategies since the Alan Bakke decision in 1978. |
Reason
July 2004
Cathy Young |
Under the Radar On campuses across America, the censorship of speech and ideas in the name of sensitivity continues unabated. |
Registered Rep.
December 17, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Admissions Fever The college admissions process can drive teens and their parents crazy this time of year. Here are some statistics to get clients of college-bound kids to simmer down. |
Fast Company
September 2009
Anya Kamenetz |
How Web-Savvy Edupunks Are Transforming American Higher Education Free online courses, Wiki universities, Facebook-style tutoring networks -- American higher education is being transformed by a cadre of Web-savvy edupunks. |
BusinessWeek
February 27, 2006
William Symond |
The Thinking at Harvard, West Point, and Smith Elite colleges are looking to expand their intakes of low-income students. Here's how three big names are doing it. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2005
Jones & Aaronson |
Showing Some Class Universities reach out to those affected by Katrina. |
The Motley Fool
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Selena Maranjian |
7 Ways to Cut the Cost of College Why pay hundreds or thousands when you could be saving that money instead? |
Registered Rep.
June 18, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
How College Rankings Influence Scholarship Awards For your affluent clients, it's the schools that don't possess the marquee names that will be eager to award their children scholarships. The author's book, The College Solution: A Guide to Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price explains more. |
Job Journal
March 14, 2010 |
Making the Grade...with an Online Degree With nearly 200 universities and colleges now offering Web-based classes, online education programs have come of age. |
Registered Rep.
September 19, 2014
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The College Illusion Are your clients, who could be paying as much as a quarter of a million dollars to send one child to college, getting their money's worth? |
Salon.com
September 5, 2000
David Horowitz |
The civil rights movement is dead, RIP Black leaders like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson criticize racialing profiling in the legal system, but they espouse the same logic in their own politics. |
Registered Rep.
February 24, 2012
Kristen French |
Due Diligence: Seven Years Later, Merrill Broker Discrimination Class Action Gets go Ahead The lawsuit will go to court in April, and then the judge will set a date for trial. |
Financial Advisor
January 2012
Jerilyn Klein Bier |
College Crunch Advisors should start asking clients where their kids may want to attend college when the kids are high school freshmen or even in middle school, says Mazareas. There's a lot to talk about. |
