In the midst of concerns about low foreign safety standards among products from developing countries such as China, India, and Mexico, the Bush Administration has decided to implement a year-long pilot program that allows the Mexican trucking industry to permeate the United States.
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African-American Enrollment in Law Schools Declines
There is increasing concern about enrollment decline of African-American male students in higher education and specifically Law Schools.
America’s German Envy Misplaced
It might surprise some education policy analysts who look enviously at the German method of education as a model for the United States to learn that at least one Teutonic intellectual admires the American system.
The Media Bell Curve
Few Americans know the distinction between Sunni and Shiites Moslems or Wahabi (extremists) from Saab at a time when religious conflicts abound, Geneive Abdo of The Century Foundation says. Monumental misunderstandings can result when reporters do not analyze the theoretically different aspects of faith.
Money Matters
The numerous problems with the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) have sparked criticism from both liberal and conservative policymakers. Even though increased funding has not translated into educational gains, special interest groups continue to push for increased expenditures.
Melting Pot Blues
Looked at one way, it is somewhat surprising that academics have become advocates of open immigration.
The LOST Colony
In promoting their latest cause, liberals have managed to enlist a member of a small group getting smaller by the year—conservatives in academia.
Master of Social Change
Tufts University’s Tisch Civil Engagement Program is likely to change the approach to higher education system at U.S Colleges and Universities in the near future.
Sicko Studies
Look for the latest documentary from self-described gadfly Michael Moore to make the rounds of American college campuses in the not-so-distant future.
The Relevance of Social Work Education
It is the considered view of The National Association of Scholars that American schools of social work have lost their noble mission. They no longer adhere to the basic principles of intellectual inquiry.