The statistics are startling. Women make up 57 percent of college undergraduates--and that’s just the end of an educational story of girls outperforming and outlasting boys from kindergarten to college. When the numbers were reversed, 30 years ago with a 60 – 40 ratio of men to women in colleges, laws were passed to fix the problem – is that what we need now? Plus reaction to President Bush's pre-State of the Union press conference.
Bush to Abbas: Don't Go!
Nadia Bilbassy, senior correspondent for Al Arabiya in Washington
- previews President Bush's reaction to the Palestinian elections
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Mike Isikoff, investigative correspondent with Newsweek
- previews President Bush's press conference and discusses the attorney general's public defense of wiretapping
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- previews President Bush's reaction to the Palestinian elections
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Mike Isikoff, investigative correspondent with Newsweek
- previews President Bush's press conference and discusses the attorney general's public defense of wiretapping
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Live Coverage of President Bush's press conference
Live coverage of President Bush's press conference
Post-presidental analysis
Fawaz A. Gerges, Christian A. Johnson Chair in Middle East and International Affairs at Sarah Lawrence College and author, The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global (Cambridge University Press, 2005),
- on the president's reaction to the Palestinian elections
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Mike Isikoff, investigative correspondent with Newsweek ...
- on the president's reaction to the Palestinian elections
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Mike Isikoff, investigative correspondent with Newsweek ...
Boy Trouble
Michael Gurian, family therapist, founder of the Gurian Institute, an educational training organization, and author of Minds of Boys (Jossey-Bass, 2005),
- on boys falling behind in school
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Peg Tyre, Writer for Newsweek
- on her cover article for Newsweek about growing academic achievement gap ...
- on boys falling behind in school
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Peg Tyre, Writer for Newsweek
- on her cover article for Newsweek about growing academic achievement gap ...
Where the Boys Aren't...
Recent reports state that boys are falling behind in school and enrolling in college in lower numbers than their female counterparts. So what's an educated woman to do? Should she rethink "marry(ing) down," as John Tierney suggests in a recent New York Times column?
Linda Hirshman in the American ...
Required Reading: January 26, 2006
Hamas Claims Victory in Palestinian Elections (Washington Post)
Palestinian Prime Minister to Quit (BBC)
MTA Returns to Harder Line in Labor Talks (New York Times)
Mayor Bloomberg to Lay Out His Plans for Another Term (New York Times)
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