HowDiversityPunishesAsians,PoorWhitesandLotsofOthers ThomasJ.Espenshade,ProfessorofSociology,PrincetonUniversityByRussellK.Nieli, July12,2010, mindingthecampus.com
Whencollegepresidentsandacademicadministratorspaytheirusualobeisanceto"diversity"youknowtheyaretalkingfirstandforemostaboutrace.Morespecifically,theyaretalkingaboutblacks.Adiversecollegecampusisunderstooda...[
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WhenElihumeetsConfuciusByHaunSaussy,BirdWhiteHousumProfessorofComparativeLiterature,YaleUniversity.September14,2010,YaleDailyNews.WhenIwasinvitedtojointheplanningcommitteeforthehypotheticalYale-NationalUniversityofSingaporeCollege,Ihadmydoubts,butthesevanishedasIbecamemorefamiliarwiththesettingandthepossibilities.FurthercommitmentonYale’spartwilldependonvotesbythefacultyandtheCorporation.Iwrite...[
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Yale,SingaporeplannewliberalartscollegeCrossCampus,YaleUniversity Hypathway'sNotes:WhenChinesestudentsgotocolleges,theyaremorelikelytobeinanenvironmenttolearnsomeofthehighlyspecializedskillsfortheirfuturecareers.Incontrasttothat,studentsatWilliamsCollegeormanyliberalartscollegesintheU.S.exploreavarietyofcourses,discussionsintheseminarsandextracurricularactivitiestoacquireacriticalthinkingab...[
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Hypathway'sNotes:ThestudentwhoscorednumberoneinChina’snationalcollegeentranceexaminations(Gaokao,高考)wasreferredtoas“状元”inChinese.Interestingly,thisyear’s状元intheexaminationregionofBeijingalsoappliedelevenU.S.colleges,includingH,Y,P,StanfordandMIT(HYPSM)aswellasCaltech,Columbia,Duke,Brown,WilliamsandU.Chicago.Unfortunately,alloftheseschoolshaddeniedanadmissiontohisapplications...[
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Hypathway'sNotes:Forthosewhowerenotfamiliarwiththetermsusedinthisarticle,Ishouldprovidesomeofthebackgroundknowledge.Crimson(deepred)isHarvard’sfavoritecoloranditisthereasonwhytheirnewspaperwascalledTheHarvardCrimsonandthewallsoftheirbuildingswereuniversallypaintedred.Yale’scolorisblue,ironically,bluebloodmeansinasocietythatsomeoneisassociatedwithanoblefamilyoraristocraticdescent.ElihuYalewasth...[
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FromYaleCollegetoMIT’seconomicsprogramtoStockholmYaleCollege,NewHaven,Connecticut.Photocourtesy:HypathwayHypathway’sNotes:NewYorkTimes'columnistPaulKrugmanisatrueliberalvoiceonsocialandeconomicissuesaroundtheworld.HisviewpointsonChinaandeconomicpolicyintheUnitedStatesmakesomeofhisreadersdifficulttoalignhimwiththestatusofaneconomistwhoactuallywonaNobelPrizein2008.AsIaskedthisquestiontomyson,hes...[
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Germany2010WorldCupTeam2010年07月11日04:49 新浪体育
新浪体育讯 德国队与乌拉圭队之间的世界杯三四名决赛，是日耳曼战车第5次参加世界杯季军之争，这也创造了参加世界杯季军战次数的纪录。此前，德国队三次获得世界杯季军，1次获得殿军。此役，德国3-2击败乌拉圭之后，德国队连续两届世界杯夺得了季军，这也是德国队参加世界杯历史上的第4个季军[
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HarvardUniversity
ByGreggEasterbrook,TheAtlantic,October,2004Today
almosteveryoneseemstoassumethatthecriticalmomentinyoung
people'slivesisfindingoutwhichcollegeshaveacceptedthem.
Winningadmissiontoaneliteschoolisimaginedtobeagolden
passporttosuccess;forbrightstudents,failingtodosoisseenasa
majorlifesetback.Asaresult,thefixationongettingintoa
super-selectivecollegeoruniversityhasneverbe...[
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LittleAsiaontheHill UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley.Fishville'sNotes:OnepoliticalinitiateinCaliforniacouldhaveamajorimpactontheoperationofAmerica’shighereducationasawhole.Theproposition209,alsoknownasCaliforniaCivilRightsInitiative,wassupportedbythenCalifornia’sRepublicanGovernorPeteWilsonandpassedbythemajorityofCaliforniavotersin1996.Theproposition209bannedstateenterprises,includingstate...[
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YaleFangoestoHarvard Photocourtesy:MichaelMarsland,YaleUniversityHypathway'sNotes:AbrillianthighschoolseniorfromOregonwonthesecondplaceofthisyear’sIntelInternationalScienceandEngineeringFair.Intheeffortsofcompetingthetalentpooleachyear,elitecollegesusuallyofferattractivepackagestothetopawardwinnersofmajorscienceconteststoinfluencetheirdecisionmakingprocess.Asaresultofthisaward,hewasaccepte...[
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