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...ensure that diversity issues remain on the radar in years to come, administrators have over the past two weeks appointed two diversity advisors—Martin’s post at the FAS-level, and another at the University-level—whose task it will be to ensure that women and minority candidates are fully considered during faculty searches...
...Though I rank setting up a Slingbox as a much easier task than configuring a wireless network or, say, building a bird feeder, you are expected to have a wired or wireless network router already in place, and know a bit about networking. The best way to connect a Slingbox to your router (besides plugging it in directly) is via a powerline Ethernet bridge, like the Netgear XE102 ($60 each). You actually need two-one to connect to the Slingbox in your TV room, and another to pick up the signal in the room where your router is. The setup...
...many educators believe that ideology was not the problem. "There were some very good middle schools out there, but middle school reform never got fully implemented," says Jacquelynne Eccles, professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and a member of a task force that issued Turning Points, a landmark 1989 report on middle schools funded by the nonprofit Carnegie Corporation. Many districts created big warehouse-like middle schools to address crowding and court-ordered busing but without embracing the pedagogy of the movement. "They ended up looking very much like the junior high schools they were designed to replace...
...That task will fall largely to Gerry Adams, who has led the group's political arm, Sinn Fein, as it evolved into Northern Ireland's largest nationalist party, aided by an I.R.A. cease-fire over most of the past decade. But Adams' effort will be difficult if splinter groups keep up the violence. "Nothing has changed," a member of a splinter group told TIME. "There is still a British presence that has to be removed." The I.R.A. will need to show the same determination to keep the peace as it once displayed to wage the war. --By Chris Thornton. With...
...ensure that diversity issues remain on the radar in years to come, administrators have over the past two weeks appointed two diversity advisors—one at the FAS-level and another at the University-level—whose task it will be to ensure that women and minority candidates are considered during faculty searches...