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...time for Africa to peacefully reinvent its present geopolitical landscape and find one that the people can live with and use to advance into civilized modernity. The world is getting tired of, and bogged down by, Africa's problems. Wake up, Africa, and smell the coffee! Benjamin Omovie Cardiff Quotas for Castes Re "Battle of the castes" [June 5]: The Indian government's decision to reserve 27% of university seats for lower-caste groups that are officially known as Other Backward Classes has raised some protests, giving the impression of a countrywide controversy. But the system is already prevalent...
...informing her that the company would probably have to rescind her job offer.Rana, who is from Nepal, said she just missed the cutoff for a H-1B work visa after her company sent in her visa application on May 26.That same day, the federal government had reached its 2006 quota of 65,000 work visas and stopped accepting visa petitions, according to a press release from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).Last year, that same quota was not filled until Aug. 10—a full two and a half months later—according to the 2005 USCIS...
...existed, the fifth spot would go to the woman with the highest grades.Two days after the adoption of this policy, three editors—including one woman—resigned in protest. In response, the Review’s leadership convened to reconsider their plan, opting for a non-quota system that would merely take race and gender into consideration. But despite the modification, the Review continued to encounter opposition from students, alumni, and most importantly, from the faculty.THE FACULTY VOTES NO-CONFIDENCEIn response to the affirmative action policy, the law school appointed a committee led by Detlev F. Vagts...
...realized at that point that you could wed journalism with feminism and actually make some social change, which was enlightening for an undergraduate who didn’t feel very empowered.”Faludi enrolled at Harvard in 1977, just two years after the College abolished its quota on the number of women.“It was still pretty much a male-dominated universe,” Faludi says. “Professors would make comments that would make your jaw drop now.”“Sexual harassment at that point was a fairly...
...towns. University faculty staged walkouts, students protested and public hospitals shut their doors to all but emergency cases. "Modern India should be built on merit, not caste," says Sudip Sen, a Ph.D student in biochemistry at the supercompetitive All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Officials say the fresh quota is necessary because the lower castes are still marginalized. But critics say the government is merely pandering to the OBCs because they're a big voting bloc. While authorities say they will increase overall admissions to compensate for the extra reserved seats, there's no plan yet to hire more teaching...