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"The last thing we need in American education is a caste system. These alumni perks have absolutely nothing to do with an individual's qualifications or merit."
Saying that college admissions preferences for children of alumni enforce a "caste system" in higher education, Senate Minority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kansas) last month asked the U.S. Department of Education to review the propriety of such policies.
"Now is the time to take the next logical step on the fairness front. The last thing we need in American education is a caste system," Dole said in a prepared statement. "These alumni perks have absolutely nothing to do with an individual's qualifications or merit."
Singh's government fell after only 11 months when issues of caste and religion erupted into violence over rival Hindu-Muslim claims to the site of a mosque at Ayodhya. Winning the support of less than half of the 140 Janata Dal members, Chandrashekhar will be dependent upon the opposition...
Republics, regions, even cities set a course for independence. -- In the republic of Moldavia, a three-way split comes close to civil war. -- Hindu extremism and caste politics threaten to bring down India's government.