Word: dropout
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...Fred and Ginger The world of technology has never been short of eccentrics and obsessives, of rich, brilliant oddballs with strange habits and stranger hobbies. But even in this crowd, Dean Kamen stands out. The 50-year-old son of a comic-book artist, he is a college dropout, a self-taught physicist and mechanical engineer with a handful of honorary doctorates, a multimillionaire who wears the same outfit for every occasion: blue jeans, a blue work shirt and a pair of Timberland boots. With the accent of his native Long Island, he speaks slowly, passionately--and endlessly...
Most CEOs have been living a nightmare of late, but last month Puma head Zeitz boasted that his company is experiencing "dream results" as the sportswear merchandiser's third-quarter profits more than tripled, compared with the same quarter in 2000. Zeitz, 37, a medical-school dropout, took over Puma in 1993, after it had lost market share to U.S. companies like Nike and Reebok. Now Puma, based in the German town of Herzogenaurach, has effectively repositioned itself as a hip lifestyle and fashion brand, leaving competitors sprinting to keep...
According to Thernstrom, racial preferencing in college admissions affirms instead of rejects racial stereotypes. Certain minority groups have higher dropout rates than white students, which Thernstrom attributes to the placement of minority students into the wrong schools because of racial preferencing...
DIED. MIKE MANSFIELD, 98, low-key but resolute Montana Democrat and longtime Senate majority leader; in Washington. A high school dropout and "mucker" of mines in Butte, Mansfield got his college degree at the urging of his wife Maureen and went on to a five-decade political career, including 24 years in the U.S. Senate. He changed that institution, encouraging everyone, especially junior Senators, to speak out. At the end of World War II, as a junior Congressman, he advised Truman to allow Japan to keep its Emperor when the country surrendered. At his retirement from the Senate, he served...
Should we condemn students to mediocrity just to avoid the risk that they will fail a tougher challenge? That's what American public schools tend to do, argues Mary Catherine Swanson. Afraid of high dropout rates and low standardized test scores, many schools allow all but their top students to muddle through remedial and feel-good classes instead of preparing them for the rigors of college. No wonder so many parents want vouchers to send their kids to private schools...