Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...while the computer science and electrical engineering departments are strong campus presences, students are just as interested in the arts and humanities. Many students--including many premeds--choose to major or minor in the humanities or the social sciences...
...addition, the university has dedicated itself to bolstering the humanities with additional funding. The Leland Stanford Junior Museum, with one of the largest Rodin collection in the world, was re-opened after 10 years of renovation early this year. And Stanford's "fuzzy" social science and humanities departments, especially history, political science, and economics are large, strong, and well-funded...
...Dick Vitale said when he body surfed the crowd this year, "It's all about Stanford, Baby!" It's true that the overwhelming number of students here believe they've made the right college choice. Stanford students tend to believe that the social climate here is a sweeter pill to swallow...
...Indiana study found only minor differences between voucher students and public school students on a standardized fourth-grade academic-achievement test. Voucher students scored better than public school students in language and science, but the differences were, the study found, "relatively small." In the other areas tested--reading, math, social studies and "total battery"--voucher students did no better than their public school counterparts. In fact, the only students who really stood out--for their weak performance--were those in the city's two Hope academies. The test scores of these students, who are the poster children for vouchers...
...help solve it. As Forstmann strides into the room like the Master of the Universe he is (he has made a fortune buying up Gulfstream Aerospace, Dr Pepper and General Instrument, among others), I'm prepared to give the attention due a dealmaker bringing his can-do attitude to social problems. Remember the appeal of Ross Perot's tinkering under the hood of government? "You get mediocrity in a monopoly when the worst teacher is treated like the best," says Forstmann. "Introducing competition will shock the education establishment and make parents more responsible. It will weed out the bad schools...