Regents Test to be tweaked, may end (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The Board of Regents voted Tuesday to tweak the reading and writing test that many public college students have to pass to graduate, and discussed doing away with the exam entirely in the future. At their monthly meeting, Chancellor Erroll Davis said the university system is phasing out the two-part Regents Test, a 35-year-old exam that tests students on basic reading comprehension and essay ......more...COLLEGE BOUND / A weekly guide to higher education (San Francisco Chronicle)
Spring is the season for college fairs, and high school sophomores and juniors can begin their campus search at a variety of gatherings held throughout the nation. Most fairs are held in large auditoriums or convention halls, and it's typical to see... ...more... Are Your Eyes and Ears Always Open? (GreenBiz)
O.K., we confess. This stuff about listening to customers doesn't necessarily reflect socially responsible values. Oh, it does, to the extent that the satisfaction and well-being of customers rank high in your values hierarchy....more... Selected recent California newspaper editorials (The Fresno Bee)
March 21...more... Arendt's Conflicted Zionism (The New York Sun)
In 1963, Hannah Arendt's New Yorker article on the trial of Adolf Eichmann appeared in book form as "Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil." The reaction in the Jewish community was a kind of outrage that Arendt never expected, and that today looks distinctly unfair. She was criticized, in particular, for drawing attention to the role of Jewish community leaders in facilitating ......more... Licklider's vision of the Digital Age (CNET)
A scholarly essay in 1947, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper, had an awful lot to say about how we live with computers today....more... The Rhodes and Harvard: Opportunity, Not Obligation (The Harvard Crimson)
?Rhodes Scholars give Oxford D-Minus,? proclaimed a March 4 London Times article. ?Harvard students deplore Oxford University,? The Hindu grieved the same morning....more... Families calendar (Tallahassee Democrat)
Belly Dance/Veil Dance Class. Basic instruction for all ages. 6:45 p.m. Free. Florida State University, Louis Shores Building, Room 002. Sallie, 878-1651....more... A Skeptical Friend of Democracy (The New York Sun)
The work of Leo Strauss (1899?1973) has never lacked for critics, although until recently it was virtually unknown outside the tight world of academia. But as the great Dinah Washington once crooned, "What a difference a day makes." Strauss's influence is felt today from beyond the grave in the political movement known as neoconservatism. Foremost among those mentioned as disciples of Strauss are ......more... |