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Renowned UC Berkeley Sociology Professor Killed in Oakland Hit-and-Run

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Throughout his career, Burawoy held several prestigious positions, including serving as president of the American Sociological Association from 2003 to 2004 and leading the International Sociological Association from 2010 to 2014.

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A Wicked Perspective: Faculty and Leadership in Academia

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This cleverly demonstrates how easily the Wizard manipulated the beliefs of the people of Oz, blurring the line between reality and illusion (Baum, 1944; Schwartz, 2003). In reality, this requirement was a means to control perception, creating the illusion that everything was green, even the city itself. References Baum, L. The Wizard of Oz.

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Alvin Washington

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Before joining the Law Centers staff in 2003, he served as the section chief of the Civil Rights Division of the Louisiana Department of Justice for four years.

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The Impact of Non-Evaluative Feedback and Mindfulness in Writing

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Writing is a key component of all academic work, yet it is often taught only in freshman composition courses (Delyser, 2003), where the focus is mostly on the expression of ideas instead of how their delivery (Sallee et al., For students continuing to graduate school, the writing stakes are even higher. link] Delyser, D.

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College destiny: Students list their hopes, worries and dream schools

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In 2003, only 6% of respondents shared this concern. While only 11% are basing their decision on the most affordable college, the most prominent concern among applicants for 13 consecutive years is the level of debt they’d accrue to pay for their degree.

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National Opinion Polls on Affirmative Action: Inflaming an Issue that is Divisive Enough

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Bollinger decision in 2003. What is salient in the Leadership Conference report is the “whole story,” i.e., the holistic process that the Supreme Court required in the 2003 Grutter decision. Complicating this issue is that the Census Bureau predicts that by mid-century, America will be “majority minority.”

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Dr. Sylvester James Gates, Jr.: Pioneering Theoretical Physicist Bridges Mathematical Worlds

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Professor Gates has been strongly supportive of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) which my colleagues and I founded in 2003, says Dr. Neil Turok, who holds the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh. The fruits of Gates efforts to provide strong science education can be found across the globe.