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Students of interracial schooling have known for a long time that there are large potential benefits, but they are far from automatic. Students bring into schools and colleges the experiences of largely segregated lives and often tend to replicate those patterns inside the institutions...
...tend to get more out of interacting with the[teaching fellows] than the professors," he says."When I got to office hours with my TF I get abetter understanding of what they're trying toteach and the writing style they're looking for,and it's interesting to have a more indepthconversation [about the course material...
...perjury" and "obstruction of justice" are as vague as they get. A slight shift in nuance or emphasis could turn the true reality of an innocent conversation or job offer into the false memory of an apparent felony. The shift in nuance need not even be deliberate. Memories tend to be enhanced by the realities of threat and promise...
Your report on the investigation into the crash of TWA Flight 800 [NATION, Dec. 22] referred to the Federal Aviation Administration's "sometimes contradictory mandate [which] requires it to tend both the airline industry's safety and its financial health." The FAA has not had a "dual mandate" since October 1996, when legislation stripping that anachronism took effect. The FAA is not responsible for the financial state of the aviation industry, and financial concerns were not a factor in the safety actions the agency took following the TWA crash. ELIOT BRENNER, Assistant Administrator for Public Affairs Federal Aviation Administration Washington
This new package is somewhat surprising at a time when financial aid packages at the most competitive schools tend to be similar. But it points to the fact that some schools may be feeling pressure from state schools with lower tuition. It also points to the fact that students are opting in favor of lower tuition at other schools...