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Nearly all of these statements are presented as incontrovertible fact, yet when closely examined, virtually none of the arguments advanced in the article can survive close scrutiny. The characterization of Asian-Americans as placid, for example, is based on studies of Chinese and Japanese babies, not Asian-American babies. The...

Author: By Vincent T. Chang and Amy C. Han, S | Title: Newsweek's Asian-American Stereotypes | 4/23/1984 | See Source »

The result, in her better works, is very far from mere curiosity. Graves has an acute sense of spatial construction and knows exactly when to rein in the intrinsic oddity of her metal flora. So one does not get distracted wondering what this or that thing was: what counts is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Intensifications of Nature | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

Because the ACSR is currently the only organized forum for student input, we do not urge its members to resign, as some have recommended. The committee should be used to its utmost capacity as a means for change, despite intrinsic limitations. At the same time, however, activists must explore other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beyond the ACSR | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

I'll go farther--probably many wonderful leaders of discussion classes today look at students with the steady attention and approval that their parents gave to them when they were learning to walk. According to the English developmental theorist, D.W. Winnicott, the parent kneeling on the floor a few feet...

Author: By Margaret M. Gullette, | Title: Laughing and Learning | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

As we all know, starting around 1970, the academic establishment has suffered a crisis of confidence. When the growth stopped, many other things went wrong. We lost some of our best and most dedicated teachers--there wasn't room for them. The culture stopped supporting education: it lost the trusting...

Author: By Margaret M. Gullette, | Title: Laughing and Learning | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

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