Word: academicized
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Supporters of Proposition 209, California's controversial 1996 ballot initiative ending racial preferences, say cascading is good: it means U.C. applicants are finally being judged on their abilities, not the color of their skin. Advocates go a step further, saying that it even benefits the minority students who end up...
Then what is the solution? Surprisingly, there is one point of agreement for both sides in the debate over cascading. The low number of minorities at top-tier campuses should be a wake-up call about the need to improve K-12 education for all children (see the accompanying story...
It is not enough to put an end to social promotion and make students repeat grades [EDUCATION, June 14]. We must also overcome the boundaries so carefully guarded by territorial educators and the makers of achievement tests. My 20-plus years of working with poorly skilled teens tell me that...
Six Faculty members have been elected to seats on the Faculty Council--a body which makes recommendations to the full Faculty on proposed changes of academic policy and other legislation--administrators announced last month.
That is the conclusion of TIME's Board of Economists, which met recently in Manhattan to assess prospects for the U.S. economy and stock market. And that opinion comes from Wall Street itself; on this occasion the board was composed of influential investment advisers, chosen to offer a different perspective...