Changing the Equation in Higher Education Policy
Other Publications
On Education
Shut Out of the System, Black Issues in Higher Education, June 3, 2004
Higher ed and low-income students – Budget cuts are forcing the state’s universities to pare enrollments while raising fees and tuition. How does this affect low-income students? California Journal, June 2004
Has the State Become an Albatross? – Some of Virginia’s public universities are seeking greater freedom, National Crosstalk, Spring 2004
Best of the College Rankings, Princeton Alumni Weekly, October 8, 2003
Colorado’s Grand Experiment – Voucher program could give the state’s colleges a new lease on life, National Crosstalk, Spring 2003
Dollars & Sense -- Princeton’s ambitious financial aid program is changing the makeup of the student body, but is it good for higher education? Princeton Alumni Weekly, April 23, 2003
Extra Credit, Extra Criticism, Black Issues in Higher Education, October 26, 2000.
UC Professors Cleared After Federal Probe Into Grants, San Francisco Chronicle, May 2, 1999
Overbooked – State Universities Unready for Sea of Students, San Francisco Chronicle, March 30, 1999
Part-Time Instructors Busy Working Overtime, San Francisco Chronicle, May 1, 1998
Scandal at Monterey Naval School, San Francisco Chronicle, January 16, 1998
UC Berkeley Cuts Back on Library Book-Buying – Emphasis on Computers Worries Some, San Francisco Chronicle, December 9, 1997
Worth of SAT Exam Questioned, San Francisco Chronicle, November 11, 1997
Brave New Campus – Cal State Monterey Bay, San Francisco Chronicle, October 7, 1997
The Long Goodbye, Lingua Franca, June/July 1997
Scholars Gather in Berkeley to Talk About Whiteness, San Francisco Chronicle, April 12, 1997
Privatization Tugs at Public Universities – Competition for cash brings profound change, San Francisco Chronicle, August 5, 1996
On Race and Diversity
Exposing the Truth and Fiction of Racial Data, California Journal, August 2003
Diversity Drama at the University of California, Salon.com, June 24, 2002
A Colorblind California?, Salon.com, May 9, 2002
Voice of Dissent, interview with Dr. John McWhorter, Black Issues in Higher Education, May 10, 2001
Ebonics Tests Linguistic Definition – Politics tempers rules, scholars say, San Francisco Chronicle, December 26, 1996
Lesbians Want U.N. Recognition, San Francisco Chronicle, September 9, 1995
On Immigration
Pulling Back on Extended Families, San Francisco Chronicle, August 2, 1995
Twenty Years Out of Saigon, San Francisco Chronicle, April 16, 1995
Opponents Plan Campaign to Block Prop. 187, San Francisco Free Press, November 9, 1994
Feinstein May Have Employed Undocumented Housekeeper, San Francisco Free Press, November 3, 1994
Many Stops Along the Smuggler's Trail, San Francisco Chronicle, December 15, 1993
Deportees Face Harsh Penalties, San Francisco Chronicle, November 24, 1993
Business of Human Smuggling Tests U.S. Immigration Policies, San Francisco Chronicle, April 30, 1993
Grim Life for Smuggled Chinese, San Francisco Chronicle, April 29, 1993
On Asian Culture:
A Cross-Cultural Training, Foundation News & Commentary, September/October 2000
At tmut – A Cambodian Virtue Perseveres Through Hardship, Wildflowers Institute, Studies 2000 Curriculum
Bullet Marasigan – A Filipina American Study in Contradictions, Wildflowers Institute, Studies 2000 Curriculum
Ancient Art, Ancient Artists, San Francisco Chronicle, February 26, 1997
On China
Upheaval in China Seen as Unlikely – Academics, Politicians, assess future after Deng, San Francisco Chronicle, February 20, 1997
China, U.S. Clash Over Garbage – S.F. Exporter Jailed in Smuggling Case, San Francisco Chronicle, January 20, 1997
Women’s Status in China -- Beyond the Cliches, San Francisco Chronicle,
September 13, 1995
A Cantonese Failure, Far Eastern Economic Review, November 1, 1990
Beijing, June 1989, Princeton Alumni Weekly, September 27, 1989
On Politics
Coming Home, California Journal, October 2004
Movin' on, California Journal, August 2004
Beam me up (To Youngstown!) -- Despite his conviction, his expulsion from the U.S. House and a really bad hairpiece, former Ohio Rep. Jim Traficant will find that some in Youngstown still love him, Salon.com, July 25, 2002 (pdf)