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    Changing the Equation in Higher Education Policy

     

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    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)

     
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