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-- The small liberal-arts school with a meager endowment and a largely local reputation is an "endangered species," contends Diane Ravitch, an Assistant Secretary of Education. By the year 2000 some of these schools will have closed their doors or merged with larger, more stable schools. Meanwhile, new schools will...
-- Great research-oriented universities like Harvard and Michigan, the pride of higher learning in America, will probably stay at world-class levels. But both the elite giants and less prestigious schools will place a stronger emphasis on the quality of classroom teaching. Professors accustomed to thinking of research as their...
The causes for the consistently smaller numbers of female applicants are difficult to isolate, Lewis said. One reason, she believes, is that women perceive Harvard as a science-oriented college.
The former president proposed a "market"oriented solution in which teachers' salarieswould be increased by 13 percent. Higher wageswould attract more qualified individuals to theclassroom--the second-most important battlegroundfor ethical teaching after the home, according toBok.
Yet the teddy bears have an even more devious aim. The book is organized into "large blocks, ready to be filled in with important dates, schedules, and plans." Kind of like the Daily Planners used by these kids' goal-oriented, power-hungry mommies and daddies.