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The American Historical Review, 2001

... 2. Afro-Americans—Music—History and criticism. 3. Jews—United States—Music—History and critic... more ... 2. Afro-Americans—Music—History and criticism. 3. Jews—United States—Music—History and criticism. I. Title. ML3477.M45 1999 781.64089924073—dc21 98-33877 Copyright © 1999 The President and Fellows of Harvard College Page 5. ...

Academic Questions, 2020

How quickly things change. As late as 2017 the late Harvard Business School professor Clay Christ... more How quickly things change. As late as 2017 the late Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen was still defending his belief, put forth in his 2011 book The Innovative University, that online learning represented a "disruptive technology" that would close or bankrupt about "half of all colleges in the United States." 1 Today, several months into a pandemic that looks almost designed to obliterate campus-based higher education, college officials see distance learning as higher education's lifeline. Not only is the entire California State University-the nation's largest-going exclusively online in the fall of 2020, but a survey conducted by the American Association of Colleges and Universities found that 36 percent of college presidents "anticipate continuing virtual instruction for all of 2020-2021." 2 But isolating course content from the physical college experience could reveal a fundamental misconception about what colleges teach, bringing with it a salutary diminution of the unearned market power of colleges and universities. Christensen's "disruption" may yet occur. Universal online learning might be the perfect vehicle to address what has become one of the nation's most intractable structural defects: economic mobility in America is largely dependent on a higher education system that pauperizes a large portion of those who seek it.

Opolis, Jun 30, 2005

Long Island public schools became somewhat less segregated in the decade between 1991 and 2001. B... more Long Island public schools became somewhat less segregated in the decade between 1991 and 2001. But, this is largely the result of population growth among minority groups, especially Hispanics. White students are more exposed to minority students than in the earlier period, but black students are less exposed to white students. The populations of both black and Hispanic students increased.

Society, 2006

Charles Johnson argues that continued progress for African Americans depends largely on achieving... more Charles Johnson argues that continued progress for African Americans depends largely on achieving cultural change among those in the African-American underclass, a prognosis so self-evident that it hardly bears mentioning. And that is itself a point that bears mentioning: thirty years ago many Americans believed that without vast new kinds of government programming and protection, racism would continue to consign African Americans to a life of muted aspirations and lost potential. This is no longer the case. Today, a majority of Americans, African American and others, believe that racism does not determine the fate of individual African Americans. A Newsweek survey from 1999, for example, showed that 70 percent of Americans think that “self-help by Black Americans themselves” did “a lot” or “some” to improve conditions for African Americans. Only 51 percent said the same for “affirmative action” programs and 46 percent for “other government programs” (Newsweek poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Assoc. April 16-19, 1999. Found at www.pollingreport. com/race.htm) More importantly, in the same poll, 78 percent of African Americans thought “too many teenage girls having children” was a “big problem” for African Americans; 60 percent said the same for “crime in their neighborhood”; 63 percent for “people depending too much on welfare” and “people not following moral and religious values”; and 66 percent said “drugs and alcohol.” All of these percentages were higher than the percentage of whites saying the same thing. Only 56 percent of African Americans said “racism in society in general” was a “big problem” for African Americans; 46 percent said “racism in the work place” was a “big problem,” and 52 percent said “the government not spending enough on social programs” was. Apparently, even most African Americans now see the primacy of culture in determining how people fare. This does not mean that there are no reasonable debates over policy. There are some who argue that an African-American middle class could not have emerged BEYOND SOCIAL DEPENDENCY AND POLITICAL GRIEVANCE

Journal of Suburban and Metropolitan Studies: Vol, 2005

... with “reflexive modernization” and the principal patrons of symbolic consumption (Lash and Ur... more ... with “reflexive modernization” and the principal patrons of symbolic consumption (Lash and Urry 1992; Beck, Giddens, and Lash 1994). ... Nevertheless, evangelical New Urbanist consultants (not least Andres Duany, one of the leading figures of the movement) have been wildly ...

We publish original studies of any aspect of Long Island history. Submit manuscripts in duplicate... more We publish original studies of any aspect of Long Island history. Submit manuscripts in duplicate on 8 ½" x 11" paper, double spaced with generous margins and on an IBM-compatible disk. We also accept e-mail submissions in either Word or WordPerfect format. Notes should be numbered consecutively, assembled at the end of the text and modeled on examples in the Chicago Manual of Style.

American Jewish History, 1997

... Council." 61 In 1963, after the death of the black civil rights leader Medgar Evers ... more ... Council." 61 In 1963, after the death of the black civil rights leader Medgar Evers in Mississippi,Nussbaum bitterly reported that all the clergymen in his state who had been outspoken in the cause of civil rights had been removed or forced from their pulpits--all except him. ...

American Jewish History, 2008

The American Historical Review, 2002

American Jewish History, 1997

Academic Questions, 2000

... For Jacobson, the target is Laura Hobson's 1946 novel Gentlemen's Agreement. ... J.... more ... For Jacobson, the target is Laura Hobson's 1946 novel Gentlemen's Agreement. ... J. Williams, in Rethinking Race: Frans Boas and His Contemporaries, sets out to show that the Jewish anthropologist Franz Boas, widely credited with the largest role in evis-cerating scientific ...

The American Historical Review, 2001

... 2. Afro-Americans—Music—History and criticism. 3. Jews—United States—Music—History and critic... more ... 2. Afro-Americans—Music—History and criticism. 3. Jews—United States—Music—History and criticism. I. Title. ML3477.M45 1999 781.64089924073—dc21 98-33877 Copyright © 1999 The President and Fellows of Harvard College Page 5. ...

Academic Questions, 2020

How quickly things change. As late as 2017 the late Harvard Business School professor Clay Christ... more How quickly things change. As late as 2017 the late Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen was still defending his belief, put forth in his 2011 book The Innovative University, that online learning represented a "disruptive technology" that would close or bankrupt about "half of all colleges in the United States." 1 Today, several months into a pandemic that looks almost designed to obliterate campus-based higher education, college officials see distance learning as higher education's lifeline. Not only is the entire California State University-the nation's largest-going exclusively online in the fall of 2020, but a survey conducted by the American Association of Colleges and Universities found that 36 percent of college presidents "anticipate continuing virtual instruction for all of 2020-2021." 2 But isolating course content from the physical college experience could reveal a fundamental misconception about what colleges teach, bringing with it a salutary diminution of the unearned market power of colleges and universities. Christensen's "disruption" may yet occur. Universal online learning might be the perfect vehicle to address what has become one of the nation's most intractable structural defects: economic mobility in America is largely dependent on a higher education system that pauperizes a large portion of those who seek it.

Opolis, Jun 30, 2005

Long Island public schools became somewhat less segregated in the decade between 1991 and 2001. B... more Long Island public schools became somewhat less segregated in the decade between 1991 and 2001. But, this is largely the result of population growth among minority groups, especially Hispanics. White students are more exposed to minority students than in the earlier period, but black students are less exposed to white students. The populations of both black and Hispanic students increased.

Society, 2006

Charles Johnson argues that continued progress for African Americans depends largely on achieving... more Charles Johnson argues that continued progress for African Americans depends largely on achieving cultural change among those in the African-American underclass, a prognosis so self-evident that it hardly bears mentioning. And that is itself a point that bears mentioning: thirty years ago many Americans believed that without vast new kinds of government programming and protection, racism would continue to consign African Americans to a life of muted aspirations and lost potential. This is no longer the case. Today, a majority of Americans, African American and others, believe that racism does not determine the fate of individual African Americans. A Newsweek survey from 1999, for example, showed that 70 percent of Americans think that “self-help by Black Americans themselves” did “a lot” or “some” to improve conditions for African Americans. Only 51 percent said the same for “affirmative action” programs and 46 percent for “other government programs” (Newsweek poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Assoc. April 16-19, 1999. Found at www.pollingreport. com/race.htm) More importantly, in the same poll, 78 percent of African Americans thought “too many teenage girls having children” was a “big problem” for African Americans; 60 percent said the same for “crime in their neighborhood”; 63 percent for “people depending too much on welfare” and “people not following moral and religious values”; and 66 percent said “drugs and alcohol.” All of these percentages were higher than the percentage of whites saying the same thing. Only 56 percent of African Americans said “racism in society in general” was a “big problem” for African Americans; 46 percent said “racism in the work place” was a “big problem,” and 52 percent said “the government not spending enough on social programs” was. Apparently, even most African Americans now see the primacy of culture in determining how people fare. This does not mean that there are no reasonable debates over policy. There are some who argue that an African-American middle class could not have emerged BEYOND SOCIAL DEPENDENCY AND POLITICAL GRIEVANCE

Journal of Suburban and Metropolitan Studies: Vol, 2005

... with “reflexive modernization” and the principal patrons of symbolic consumption (Lash and Ur... more ... with “reflexive modernization” and the principal patrons of symbolic consumption (Lash and Urry 1992; Beck, Giddens, and Lash 1994). ... Nevertheless, evangelical New Urbanist consultants (not least Andres Duany, one of the leading figures of the movement) have been wildly ...

We publish original studies of any aspect of Long Island history. Submit manuscripts in duplicate... more We publish original studies of any aspect of Long Island history. Submit manuscripts in duplicate on 8 ½" x 11" paper, double spaced with generous margins and on an IBM-compatible disk. We also accept e-mail submissions in either Word or WordPerfect format. Notes should be numbered consecutively, assembled at the end of the text and modeled on examples in the Chicago Manual of Style.

American Jewish History, 1997

... Council." 61 In 1963, after the death of the black civil rights leader Medgar Evers ... more ... Council." 61 In 1963, after the death of the black civil rights leader Medgar Evers in Mississippi,Nussbaum bitterly reported that all the clergymen in his state who had been outspoken in the cause of civil rights had been removed or forced from their pulpits--all except him. ...

American Jewish History, 2008

The American Historical Review, 2002

American Jewish History, 1997

Academic Questions, 2000

... For Jacobson, the target is Laura Hobson's 1946 novel Gentlemen's Agreement. ... J.... more ... For Jacobson, the target is Laura Hobson's 1946 novel Gentlemen's Agreement. ... J. Williams, in Rethinking Race: Frans Boas and His Contemporaries, sets out to show that the Jewish anthropologist Franz Boas, widely credited with the largest role in evis-cerating scientific ...