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The Way Things Were

The Way Things Were The man in front of me at the United Airlines ticket counter is tall and blond. With his dark blazer, gray slacks and power-red tie, his entire being screams “alpha male,” as does his body language. He fidgets, moving his weight from one foot to the other. He runs his hand […]

October 24, 2001

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Globalization, Culture and Sharing

Globalization, Culture and SharingIf you asked me a year ago about my travel plans, I’d have offered destinations like Ghana, Brazil and South Africa. Somehow, though, I found myself traveling to Oslo, Norway, earlier this summer for a meeting of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) to give a paper, talk to feminist economists […]

August 1, 2001

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Bush at Yale — Embracing Mediocrity

Bush at Yale — Embracing MediocrityExcuse me if I am not charmed by President George W. Bush’s self-deprecating good humor. When he pokes fun at himself, in my opinion, he is also letting others know that, at the end of the day, the joke is on them. Consider, for example, his commencement address at Yale […]

June 20, 2001

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Prisons, Justice and Education

Prisons, Justice and EducationUnemployment rates have risen as the economy has soured, with the Black unemployment rate spiking higher than others. In early April, we learned that while the White unemployment rate was just 3.7 percent, the official unemployment rate for African Americans exceeded 8 percent. But if Black folks couldn’t find jobs “outside,” there […]

May 23, 2001

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Former Secretary of State Joins University of Michigan

Former Secretary of State Joins University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich.Dr. Madeleine K. Albright, former secretary of state, will join the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Business School as its first Distinguished Scholar. The institute is an international, educational think tank that supports and promotes the development of new market economies through […]

April 25, 2001

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Historic Alliance to Increase College Opportunities for Disadvantaged Youth

Historic Alliance to Increase College Opportunities for Disadvantaged YouthWASHINGTON A group of national education reform leaders, joined by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley and National Economics Advisor Gene Sperling, announced last month the launch of the new Pathways to College Network, a historic alliance of major private and corporate foundations, nonprofit organizations, educational […]

January 3, 2001

Native Americans

Survey Confirms Tribal College Role in Alleviating Unemployment

Survey Confirms Tribal College Role in Alleviating UnemploymentWASHINGTON — A new national survey reveals that tribal college graduates do very well in the workplace, offering new hope that higher education can be a big boost to one of the nation’s poorest and most undereducated minority groups.The study, Creating Role Models for Change: A Survey of […]

June 21, 2000

Sports

Point: Sports Can Build Up Black Women in Society

Point: Sports Can Build Up Black Women in SocietyI am always puzzled by Black people who, in an earnest attempt to encourage Black youngsters to consider careers in fields other than sports, resort to comments such as, “We don’t need any more Black athletes.” Of course, it is true that only a few of those […]

April 26, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Higher Education In INDIA

Higher Education In INDIAA brief historical and contemporary overviewIndia has an old tradition of knowledge and learning. In fact, a well-established system of higher education functioned as early as 1000 B.C. In that system, the construction of knowledge, the beliefs on which knowledge is based, basic concepts and the organization of learning are very different […]

February 2, 2000