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...liberal than its predecessors-but not necessarily more conservative. According to A.C.E.-U.C.L.A., only 25% of this U.S. graduating class characterized themselves as political liberals, compared with 36% of freshmen entering in 1970. But the number describing themselves as "conservative" has remained fairly stable, at about 16%. Says Alexander Astin, head of the Los Angeles-based Higher Education Research Institute: "Many students don't feel they can call themselves liberal and want to make money. But it's less conservatism than materialism." Says Lillie Dollinger, an economics major at Texas A & M: "In the '80s the issues...
Christopher Andersen's "The Name Game" [Sept. 26] is plain obnoxious. He should note that "plain" Patricias include two Academy Award actresses (Neal and Duke-Astin), a Cabinet member (Harris) and a bank robber (Hearst). Andersen better get his first-name vibes down pat before he publishes them...
...cultural pressures, women do not go on to get high degrees as often as men. Yet the latest and most extensive study of sex discrimination, done by Helen Astin and Alan E. Bayer from the Council on Higher Education, shows that 17 per cent of the difference in rank and salary between men and women could only result from sex discrimination...
Married. Patty Duke, 25, who nine years ago became the youngest actress to win an Academy Award (for her portrayal of Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker); and John Astin, 42, who found greater success in television comedy (The Addams Family, I'm Dickens . . . He's Fenster) than in movies (Viva Max, Candy); she for the third time, he for the second; in Washington...
Discrepancies between salaries for men and women in equivalent positions are responsible for some of the difference in earnings. A study by Alan E. Bayer and Helen S. Astin in the Journal of Human Resources (Spring, 1968) found that...