Articles from the print world . . .
At Colleges, Women Are Leaving Men in the Dust (The New Gender Divide)
A quarter-century after women became the majority on college campuses, men are trailing them in more than just enrollment.
Department of Education statistics show that men, whatever their race or socioeconomic group, are less likely than women to get bachelor’s degrees — and among those who do, fewer complete their degrees in four or five years. Men also get worse grades than women.
And in two national studies, college men reported that they studied less and socialized more than their female classmates.
A Job With Travel but No Vacation
Shakedowns in Caracas. Winter travel in Romania. Late trains and broken laptops in Cambodia. O, the glamorous life of a travel writer.
Immigration — and the Curse of the Black Legend
Historian Tony Horwitz argues that Americans willfully ignore the history of Spain in America in order to justify an anti-Hispanic immigration agenda.
The Economist’s survey of Indian Business and Time’s The Multitasking Generation are oldies but thought-provoking.




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