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Currently studying civic engagement in public school reform, Corbin will come to PBHA with extensive experience working with organizations to promote social changes...
Congress and the White House, already working to reform the nation's failing schools, are training their sights on a loftier target: the ivory tower. That's because the Higher Education Act, which governs most federal student-aid programs, is up for renewal. With that in mind, congressional Republicans are considering amending the law to increase accountability of colleges. One proposal under discussion would mandate that students show improvement on standardized exams, much as the No Child Left Behind Act does for elementary and middle school students...
...highlight the need for reform, staff members on the House Education and Workforce Committee (HEWC) are trawling college campuses for horror stories of students from elite schools who can't name the President or solve the simplest math problems. Among the examples they have unearthed is a letter from a former AT&T manager, charging that an electrical-engineering major from Johns Hopkins hired by the company was "totally unprepared. He came to me asking what the symbols were on one of the blueprints. I thought he was kidding, but found he was serious." Committee members also point...
...down reform, alone, is never going to produce true freedom in the Middle East. But the democratic openings we are seeing could create a dynamic that gradually forces the autocrats to share more power with others, truly open their stagnant economies to outside investment and respect human rights. Peace, free trade and respect for the rule of law will give democracy a better chance. Evolutionary change, so long as it is not really an excuse for the status quo, will doubtless be less disruptive than revolutionary change...
...Bush administration, in short, will have to follow the road map of Middle East reform. More than ever before, America is entrenched here. As a current wisecrack circulating the Middle East puts it, "Why doesn't the U.S. just join the Arab League...