A boom in foreign undergrads is shoring up the finances of America’s flagship universities, but at a price.
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Posted inEducation, Higher Education, Magazine, September/October 2013
All Things Being Unequal
Since the 1980s, I’ve been following, and occasionally contributing to, the national debate about whether America is becoming a more unequal society. For most of those years, the position of my friends on the right has been that the validity of studies showing growing inequality is highly questionable. As mounting evidence has made that position […]
Posted inBooks, Education, July/August 2013, K-12, Magazine
Union City Blues
How a poor New Jersey town and its teacher’s unions turned around its schools.
Posted inJanuary/February 2013, Magazine
Wholesome Millennials—Black, Brown, and White
Prevailing stereotypes about America’s youth, and particularly about young African Americans, are often wildly off base, either because they were never true, or because they have failed to keep up with the reality of generational change. Below is a selection of social indicators showing ways in which today’s younger generation exhibits substantially more positive behaviors […]
Posted inJanuary/February 2013, Magazine, Politics
Red, White, and Black
Three generations of African American politicians.
Posted inBooks, Education, January/February 2013, K-12, Magazine
Class No Longer Dismissed
Why some conservatives are warming to socioeconomic school integration.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education, January/February 2013, Magazine
The Next Affirmative Action
Want to help minority college students? Make the entire higher education system more accountable.
Posted inMagazine, May/June 2012, Politics
The Anchor
Forget Rachel, Bill, Anderson, and Sean. The broadcaster who will most determine the 2012 elections is Jorge Ramos.
