Educational elitism: 'Exceptional' college will not help 'U'
Two weeks ago, the "Task Force on Recruiting, Retaining and Nurturing the Exceptional" released a report recommending methods to increase the number and quality of upper-echelon students at the University. It calls for a new "College for the Exceptional" to encompass academic student leaders across University schools and colleges. The report also recommends a new fund to recruit high-quality faculty and students for the new college.
Unkindest cuts: Clinton deserts disabled children
Instead of protecting disadvantaged members of the next generation, the Clinton administration is kicking them when they're down. Last Thursday, the Clinton administration issued new rules that would end disability benefits for 135,000 poor children - 14 percent of all children who now receive those benefits under the Supplemental Security Income program. The cutting doesn't stop there; the legislation would deny benefits to an additional 45,000 disabled children who are not now on the rolls but would have qualified for assistance in the next five years.
The life of W. in a daydream nation
My friend W. is a struggling screenwriter. Disenchanted with society, he holes up in his apartment and laments his plight and that of humanity - and tries to write the perfect script.
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