Education
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An antidote to college admissions scandals

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Barbara McMichael
June 24, 2019

   In light of the recent FBI sting dubbed Operation Varsity Blues, and with so much of the media’s bandwidth currently being dedicated to certain high-profile universities and their (wink-wink) acceptance policy concerning students with wealthy and over-zealous parents, this seems like a good time to look beyond the demoralizing college admissions racket that is fueled by privilege and dollars and to learn about legitimate post secondary alternatives for folks who don’t have a big bankroll. 

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Books
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Book Review: Samuel Stein’s Capital City – Gentrification and the Real Estate State

Nick J. Licata
June 19, 2019

Gentrification is a natural byproduct of capital investments guiding urban development. Urban planners are either praised or criticized for designing our cities.

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Politics
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Enlarging Our Discourse

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Annie Searle
June 18, 2019

The column I wrote for the June 2018 issue of ASA News & Notes could easily be the column I write this month: a year ago, it covered school shootings, mass shootings, the Trump administration’s separation of children from their refuge parents, and insult with bluster as a form of diplomacy. A year later, we see not much has changed, and each of these topics makes news regularly.

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Women
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Work Places That Work For Women

Edith Lynn Beer
June 18, 2019

“Accelerate progress for women through workplace inclusion” is the mission of Catalyst, an organization started in 1962 by the late Felice Schwartz, who had taken nine years off from work to raise her children. Back then Felice, a Smith graduate, agreed with Betty Friedan that women were hindered by the barriers confronting educated mothers such as herself as they entered or re-entered the workforce. 

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World Views
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The End of One of the Biggest Illusions

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Rongqing Dai, Ph.D.
June 17, 2019

When a falling giant stone is quietly rushing to the ocean, the world is better off preparing for the coming tsunami......

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Education
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Our June 2019 Magazine

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Patricia Vaccarino
June 17, 2019
This month we feature Barbara Lloyd McMichael’s article “An Antidote to the College Admissions Scandals” that profiles Renton Technical College. This two-year school is located southeast of Seattle and serves over 9,000 students annually. The school offers over 60 career training programs (from culinary arts to welding, and a whole lot in between) as well as classes that help students brush up on background skills needed to succeed in college and the workplace.  
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Books
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Pocono Mountain Public Library – Where God kisses the mountains

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Patricia Vaccarino
June 11, 2019

This month, Patricia Vaccarino writes about the Pocono Mountain Public Library in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania. 

 

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World Views
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NOTES FROM THE WORKING-CLASS: Top Soil

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Patricia Vaccarino
June 11, 2019

In the 1980s I had the good fortune to attend an event where Sherry Lansing gave the keynote address. She said that as a Hollywood executive, “she was always in search of good talent….and furthermore… that good talent would always rise to the top and be rewarded.” Her comments stayed with me through the years. Sherry Lansing’s perspective is strong and simple. Work hard and reap reward. I believed her then and I believe her now, but there is a flip side to the playing field. 

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