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USAJobs missteps prompt House panel to take a closer look at OPM

By Joe Davidson, The Washington Post, November 16, 2011

Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry did his best Tuesday to reassure a probing congressional panel that his agency is competent to run the government’s computerized jobs board, despite early evidence to the contrary.

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U. of Wisconsin Is Accused of Bias Against White Applicants

By The Chronicle of Higher Education September 13, 2011

The Center for Equal Opportunity, an advocacy organization opposed to racial and ethnic preferences, has issued a report accusing the University of Wisconsin at Madison of extreme bias against white students in its undergraduate and law-school admissions.

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Elite Schools Rethink Saving Seat for Little Sister

By JENNY ANDERSON, The New York Times, www.nytimes.com, September 5, 2011

Here's a back-to-school math problem: There are 62 kindergarten seats at the Trinity School this fall, and 756 children wanted them. What percentage made the cut?

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Diverse in India: Controversial Film Addresses Affirmative Action in Indian Higher Education

By Jamaal Abdul-Alim, DiverseEducation.com, August 25, 2011

Rajesh, a 31-year-old banker, and Ganesh, a 20-year-old engineering student, did something here recently that was banned in other parts of the country until this past Saturday when they both went to see Aarakshan, a controversial movie about the contentious class-based quota system in India�s institutions of higher learning.

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