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...white, are resisting entreaties to merge with Greensboro (51% black) and High Point (50% black) schools. Greensboro delayed significant desegregation and busing for years, and now many parents -- black and white -- wonder whether the mixing has worked. "I'm not saying integration was wrong," says Greensboro councilwoman Alma Adams, who is black, "but it did cause a lot of problems we didn't think about...
These changes would not just be good for students and their families. When Harvard students leave their alma mater believing that their needs have been respected, they are more likely to show their gratitude with contributions...
...Fernando, my alma mater, is fairly typical of the sprawling L.A. Unified School District, the nation's second largest. And typically, it is in deep trouble. Despite vigorous efforts by a strongly committed core of teachers and administrators, the school's vital indicators are startlingly bleak. The yearly 20% dropout rate is more than double the California average, and a quarter of the student body is absent on any given day. In reading and math, San Fernando seniors rank in the bottom 5% statewide...
...when Cleary chooses Tomassoni, he will be able to point to Tomassoni's loyalty to Harvard. The RPI graduate has already turned down offers to take over the top position at Notre Dame and his alma mater...
...Insulting Interviewers' Alma Mater.Don't say, "When we played you in football, we sat on your faces! We ate you for lunch!" Avoid anything resembling a victory dance. And in the rare instance your interviewer graduated from Yale, try to control your pity...