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Minority Rules
At some selective schools, certain Asian-Americans are categorized as “over-represented minorities.” We talk about what that means for education and racial justice in America. An expert on the middle east discusses Syria and the Iraq war, and we explore hydropower on the Hudson. Also, proving diversity is better than homogeneity; and listeners vote for the most important stories in the news this week.
What’s News and What It Means, and Why It’s Important.
Brian talks about what's in the news and what it all means.
And Syria?
Rami Khouri, director of a public policy think tank at the American University in Beirut and editor-at-large of the Daily Star in Beirut, discusses the role of Syria in the current tensions with Iran.
Water Works
Dean Corren, director of Technology Development for Verdant, and Beth Fertig, WNYC reporter talk about the use of hydropower in New York City.
Beth Fertig's hydropower report
The More the Merrier
Scott Page, professor of complex systems, political science and
economics at the University of Michigan and the author of
The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies
(Princeton University Press, 2007), says he can prove diversity beats homogeneity -- in the lab and in life.
The Difference is available for purchase at Amazon.com
Minority Rules
Jeff Yang, columnist at San Francisco Chronicle.com, and author on Asian-American issues, weighs in on whether Asian-Americans are overrepresented in selective schools.
From the WSJ: Is Admissions Bar Higher for Asians?
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