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...made the mistake of assuming that groups, rather than individuals, add diversity to a campus. "A white applicant from a disadvantaged rural area in Appalachia may well have more to offer a Georgia public university such as UGA--from the standpoint of diversity--than a nonwhite applicant from an affluent family and a suburban Atlanta high school," the court wrote...
...dangers of such compromises first struck Swanson 21 years ago, when a judge's order forced Clairemont High School in San Diego, Calif., whose student body was then more than 95% white, to open its doors to 500 minority students. Many of the school's more affluent families fled, as did several of the most experienced teachers. Clairemont quickly moved to create "special" classes for the new students, the bulk of whom were two or more years behind grade level. Swanson, then 35 and chair of Clairemont's English department, resisted. She persuaded the principal...
...makes sense that they wouldn't get as much money, but the districts lose much more than cash. "Home schooling is a social threat to public education," says Chris Lubienski, who teaches at Iowa State University's college of education. "It is taking some of the most affluent and articulate parents out of the system. These are the parents who know how to get things done with administrators...
...Glen Elder Jr. of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In a nationwide survey, the professors found that students from poor neighborhoods who attended services found role models in the congregation who inspired them to do well. Religious communities did not have as much influence over more affluent kids...
...there isn't enough Mandarin software to spur consumer interest. "We know this is a weakness," concedes Franklin Sze, product director for Compaq's iPAQ in Greater China. Preoccupied with tough times at home and hobbled by supply problems, U.S. PDA manufacturers have focused international efforts instead on affluent consumers in Europe and Japan. "When you first look at the China numbers, they are pretty dazzling," admits William Holtzman, international vice president for U.S. PDA maker Handspring. "But in China, it's the old story of fools dash...