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...praised Williams’s initial recommendations, which she presented at the group’s annual meeting last month. “She certainly will be a tremendous asset,” he said. The Census Bureau formed the Race and Ethnic Advisory Committees in the 1980s to address the systematic undercounting of minority populations. Five such committees now meet annually and advise the Census Bureau on the issue. Sociology professor Waters said she thinks Williams’s previous research on Census politics makes her a good match for the job. “It?...
...Bush has committed the U.S. to positions it will be difficult, if not impossible, for his successor to change. Privately, Administration officials admit they are trying to lock in some of their policies. Which means by this time next year, Bush's successor will be the one struggling to address public discontent with the U.S. approach to the region...
...Given the obvious merits of such programs, similar models should be instituted at undergraduate institutions. Elite colleges with large endowments have already taken measures to address the problem of student debt by moving from student loans to student grants in 1998—an initiative led by Princeton. Consequently, Princeton and Harvard, as two of the few need-blind institutions, no longer have many students graduating with large debts. However, student loans are the only form of financial aid available for hundreds of other American colleges, where students continue to graduate with an exorbitant amount of debt. In fact, between...
...forgiveness on new student loans to help recruit more math, science and special ed teachers to underserved areas.” Similarly, a number of states—like New York—have added various incentives to the same effect. However, neither of these steps has worked to address the crux of the teacher-shortage issue. Given that student debt is “unmanageable” for 38 percent of aspiring teachers and 55 percent of aspiring social workers, all existing federal and local loan programs fall short. Larger, university-funded PSLRPs targeted specifically at those entering public...
...meeting San San Khing, I was stopped at one of several checkpoints that have been set up in disaster-struck areas to keep foreign journalists and aid workers without the proper government permits out. A polite immigration officer took down my passport details, as well as the name and address of my local driver. His colleague told me that the cyclone had blown down his house. They didn't say it, but their demeanor was apologetic - a slight sense of embarrassment that their orders were to keep their wounded country closed...