SciencerecruitsinvitedtoYaleScienceHill,YaleUniversityPhotobyJaneLongWithanewprograminFebruary,YaleishopingtoattractmorescienceandengineeringstudentswhowillonedaywalkupScienceHill.ByEmilyWanger,StaffReporter,YaleDailyNews,Thursday,January27,2011Yaleislaunchinganewsciencespinoffofits“BulldogDays”programforselectapplicantsinterestedinscienceandengineering.TheweekendofFeb.19,Yalewillhostthetopsci...[
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LangLang's"MyMotherland"atWhiteHouse
Zurich,Switzerland,Photocourtesy:Fishville
Fishville’sNotes:WeweresoamusedbythewholethingplayedoutatWhiteHouseaboutasongthatLangLangperformedforPresidentHu'sstatedinner.ApopularsonginChinasimilartothestatusof"GodBlessAmerica"or"Americathebeautiful"inAmericawasfromamovieonKoreanWar.Forfewgeneration...[
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TigerMoms:IsToughParentingReallytheAnswer?Photo-IllustrationbyJimNaughtenforTIMETigerMoms:IsToughParentingReallytheAnswer?ByAnnieMurphyPaul,Timemagazine,Jan20,2011.Itwasthe"LittleWhiteDonkey"incidentthatpushedmanyreadersovertheedge.That'sthenameofthepianotunethatAmyChua,Yalelawprofessorandself-described"tigermother,"forcedher7-year-olddaughterLulutopracticeforhoursonend—&quo...[
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WhatifsheisnotaYaleprofessor?
YaleUniversity,NewHaven,Connecticut.Fishville’sNotes:ThestormofAmyChua'sbookisanotherexamplethatthemainmediaoftheUnitedStateshasbeencontrolledbytheIvyLeaguegraduates.AmyChuastudiesinternationaleconomicsandheressaywaspublishedbyWallStreetJournal.HerJewishhusbandandshegottheirdegreesonlyfromHarvardandPrincetonandtheyallworkforYaleLawSchool.Iamwonderingwhatifsheis...[
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TheTigerMotherRespondstoReadersOnSaturday,ReviewrananexcerptfromAmyChua’snewbook“BattleHymnoftheTigerMother.”Thearticle,titled“WhyChineseMothersAreSuperior,”attractedalotofattention,generatingmorethan4,000commentsonwsj.comandaround100,000commentsonFacebook.Below,Ms.ChuaanswersquestionsfromJournalreaderswhowroteintotheIdeasMarketblog.WSJBlog,January13,2011,10:51AMETAmyChuawithherdaughters,So...[
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Yaleattractsmorestudentsforclassof2015YaleUniversity,PhotoCourtesy:Hypathway Hypathway’sNotes:TherewasalittledelayforYaletoreleasethisyear’sapplicationnumberwhenrecordnumbersofapplicationswereannouncedbymanyIvyLeagueschoolsandStanford.WhileHarvard’snumbersincreased15%,Columbiaenjoysaremarkableincreaseof32%asthisisthefirstyearthatColumbiaadopttoaccepttheCommonApplicationonlineform.Thereal...[
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MeaningofadmissionsstatsquestionedatYaleSillimanCollege,YaleUniversity,PhotoCourtesy:HypathwayByEmilyWanger,StaffReporter,YaleDailyNews,January14,2011Theannualfrenzyoveradmissionsateliteuniversitiescentersonnumbers—applicationsreceived,studentsaccepted,matriculationrate—butthesestatisticsmaynotbeanaccuratemeasureofaschool,especiallyifyouasktheexpertsatYaleandhighschoolsacrossthecountry.DeanofU...[
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AmyChua's"BattleHymnoftheTigerMother,"onChinese-AmericanfamilycultureYaleUniversityHypathway’sNotes:WesawasocialphenomenonintheUnitedStatesinwhichkidwithChinesemominaninterracialfamilyseemsmoresuccessfulacademicallythanstudentswhohaveaChinesefather.AsaWesternerwhomarriedintoaChinesefamily,ElizabethChangprovidesanexampleforustofigureouttherealdifferencesbetweenaWesternmomandChinesemoma...[
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WhyChineseMothersAreSuperiorBeineckeRareBookLibrary,YaleUniversity,PhotoCourtesy:HypathwayHypathway'sNotes:TheauthorAmyChuaisanendowedprofessorofYaleLawSchoolwhogotherundergraduateandlawdegreesfromHarvard.IgottoknowherwhenshewasinterviewedbyUCBerkeley'sConversationswithhistoryprogramafterherbookwaspublishedafewyearsago.ButthisarticlepublishedtodayatWallStreetJournalwasrelatedtoherphilosophyofhow...[
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TheStateAgainstBlacksWalterWilliamsTheStateAgainstBlacks'ThewelfarestatehasdonetoblackAmericanswhatslaverycouldn'tdo....Andthatistodestroytheblackfamily.'ByJasonL.Riley,Jan22,2011,WallStreetJournal'SometimesIsarcastically,perhapscynically,saythatI'mgladthatIreceivedvirtuallyallofmyeducationbeforeitbecamefashionableforwhitepeopletolikeblackpeople,"writesWalterWilliamsinhisnewautobiography,&q...[
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