Students are getting serious about organizing to change the rules of the game that leave young adults burdened with college and credit-card debt.
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State of the Debate: Back to Boys’ School
Tender anecdotes about elite all-boys’ schools have ignited efforts to expand single-sex education to Americans from all backgrounds. But there’s another side of the story.
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Multimedia and Multiple Intelligences
New multimedia technology could do a lot for children if educators recognize diverse intelligences that schools traditionally haven’t favored.
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Backfire on Campus
In their efforts to enforce multiculturalism, university administrators have unwittingly created a new breeding ground for conservative rebellion.
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The Campus Anti-Sweatshop Movement
The campus anti-sweatshop movement is the first since the campaign against apartheid. Even better, it’s closely linked to the labor movement—and it’s beginning to bear fruit.
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Does Liberalism Cause Sex?
Conservatives say liberalized access to contraceptives and sex education in the schools have led to more unprotected teen sex and teen births. But let’s look at the evidence.
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Are Black Diplomas Worth Less?
Relative to whites, minorities have made impressive gains in education attainment. Why are they still falling behind economically?
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Affirmative Action at Berkeley
We continue the debate on affirmative action in response to Karen Paget’s “Diversity at Berkeley: Demogoguery or Demography” (TAP, Spring 1992) and Paul Starr’s “Civil Reconstruction: What to Do Without Affirmative Action” (TAP, Winter 1992) ADMISSIONS OMISSIONS BY LEWIS R. JONES T he University of California at Berkeley is one of the most selective large […]
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Affirmative Actions’ California Afterlife
The debate about affirmative action at the University of California isn’t over yet.
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Muddy Waters
New data show just how successful affirmative action programs have been at elite colleges and universities. Too bad those data might not have much relevance for the current debate over preferences in higher education.