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...Facebook application developed by the provost’s office, called H-Link, will connect students to others in their courses by providing easy access to class rosters and the capability to send and receive group e-mails...
...unless they reconcile.” Ogletree said Jackson accepted the invitation to speak, his second appearance at the AME, because he was interested in the connection of this year’s President’s Day to the upcoming November election. Ogletree said that Jackson wanted to link the role of Obama to other significant civil rights leaders who were instrumental in pushing for greater democracy and racial inclusion in America over the last few decades. In his speech, Jackson made the connection between King and Obama, but Ogletree said that Jackson himself is an important part...
...Short March is underway across the country. "Everyone knows in its cities, China is building up - but it's also building out," says Jing Ulrich, managing director and head of research at JP Morgan in Hong Kong. In Beijing, a high-speed rail link will bring cities like Tianjin, 70 miles (113 km) away, into commuting distance by this summer. In places such as Chongqing to the west and Dalian in the north, says Ulrich, the same pattern of development is taking shape...
...fact remains that almost no link between a nation’s economic conditions and its export of terrorism exists. As research by Princeton economist Alan B. Krueger shows, our enemies do not hate us because they are poor, hopeless, and desperately jealous of American prosperity. Among other data, Krueger has found that Palestinian suicide bombers are less likely to be from poor backgrounds and more likely to have finished high school. He has also found that the number of terrorist incidents is higher in countries that spend more on social welfare programs. Based on these findings, it is reasonable...
...Such efforts have been encouraged by the Bush Administration, which in 2006 started a program that awards $99 million a year in grants to districts that link teacher compensation to raising student test scores. Merit pay has also become part of the debate in Congress over how to improve the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), triggering an outcry from teachers' unions, which oppose federal intrusion into how teachers get paid and evaluated. The subject is a touchy one for the Democrats, who count on support from the powerful teachers' unions. Last summer, Barack Obama endorsed merit...