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Play Gender Bias Bingo!

Joan Williams | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Women and Science, Professor, Gender Equality, Academics, Gender Stereotypes, Discrimination, Working Mothers, Mothers, Business News
Joan Williams

For over a decade, I have studied thirty years of experimental social psychology studies of gender bias. One message is clear -- gender bias, alas, is alive and well.

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Economic Crisis Compels Economists To Reach For New Paradigm

Wall Street Journal | MARK WHITEHOUSE | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Policy, The Fed, Recession, Ben Bernanke, Collateral, University, Mortgage, Credit, Economic Policy, Lenders, Finance, College, Rational Expectations, Bernanke, Crisis, Economists, Banks, Academics, Theory, Colleges, Economic Theory, Universities, Business News

The pain of the financial crisis has economists striving to understand precisely why it happened and how to prevent a repeat. For that task, John Gean...

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Use Your Volunteer Time Wisely: Help Often, One Kid At A Time

Joel Arquillos | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact

Read More: Tutoring, Literacy, Education, Volunteering, Educational Reform, Nonprofits, Academics, 826 Valencia, Teachers, Workshops, Tutors, Students, Learning, Volunteerism, 826la, Impact News
Joel Arquillos

What helps the young people we serve is one-on-one attention. If we're going to level the playing field for students attending public schools, it's essential for more volunteers to fill the gaps.

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How DFW Got Me a C+

Menachem Kaiser | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: David Foster Wallace, Academics, Living News
Menachem Kaiser

September 12 is the first anniversay of the death of my literary hero, David Foster Wallace. RIP.I'm good at school. This isn't to be confused with sm...

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Injuries Occur When Kids Are too Active in Sports

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Pitching, The Balanced Life, American Sports Medicine Institute, Children, Curveball, Orthopedics, Practice, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Childhood Obesity, Stress, Cheerleading, Carl Nissen, Kids, Summer, Muscle, Academics, Sports Injury, Medicine, Health Care, Sports Medicine, Family, Healthy Living, Baseball, Healthy Lifestyle, Football, Glenn Fleisig, Parenting, Basketball, Obesity, Athletics, Competition, Sports, Coach, Exercise, Health, Mark Hyman MD, New York Times, Ramon Resa MD, Curve Ball, Recuperation, Schools, Young People, Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.

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America's Greenest Colleges: Did Your School Make the Grade?

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Journalists, College Students, Alma Mater, University of Vermont, Green Jobs, Oberlin, Alumni, Green, College Rankings, Coal, Academics, Colleges, University of Colorado, Rankings, Ratings, Sierra Club, Evergreen State College, Campuses, Energy, U.S. News & World Report, UC Santa Cruz, Administration, Ucla, UC Berkeley, University of Washington, Community Colleges, Students, Athletics, Transportation, Sports, Education, Energy Efficiency, University of California, Middlebury College, College, Waste Management, Sustainability, Food, Schools, Higher Education, College Graduates, College of the Atlantic, Green News
Avital Binshtock

While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.

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Academics and Policy

Joseph Nye | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Academics, Think Tanks, Obama, Policy, Appointments, Obama Administration Academics, Academy, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Politics News
Joseph Nye

Aside from economists and scientists, very few academics have been appointed to policy positions in the Obama administration. Does the fault for this gap lie with the academy or the administration?

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Are Single Sex Schools Good for Girls?

Susan Sawyers | Posted 05.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Girls, Girl Power, Linda Sax, Academics, Smart, Self-Esteem, Independent Schools, Confidence, All Girls Schools, College, High School, Teenagers, Living News
Susan Sawyers

It turns out that graduates of all-girls high schools show stronger academic orientations and higher levels of confidence in their math and computer abilities than their coed peers.

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Why I'm Not Getting Married ... Again

David Shneer | Posted 07.11.2008 | Living

Read More: California Gay Marriage, Judaism LGBT Rights, Judaism, Academics, Partner Benefits, Civil Unions, Gay Marriage, Living News
David Shneer

But when asked about our plans, I recoiled at the suggestion that my husband and I should come to California to get married. "We've been married for twelve years," I say.

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