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Many Nursing Programs Ignore Merit in Admissions
Capital Ideas
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
5.26.2004
SACRAMENTO, CA - If you enter a hospital, do you want to be attended by a nurse who was admitted to a nursing program based on merit or on a random lottery system? Most Californians would naturally say merit. It would, therefore, shock people to learn that many nursing programs in California ignore the qualifications of applicants in favor of a luck-of-the-draw lottery.
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Still Bogus after all these Years
The Contrarian
By: Sally C. Pipes
5.20.2004
A woman earns 76 cents for every dollar earned by a man, and Latina women earn 52.5 cents for every dollar earned by a white man. Women from all racial and ethnic backgrounds earned 67.5 cents for every dollar earned by white men. Asian American women, though the best paid, earn 25 percent less than men. This all means that women are still victims of gender and race discrimination and they will not achieve pay parity for more than 50 years. And so on.
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Still Bogus after all these Years
By: Sally C. Pipes
5.20.2004
A woman earns 76 cents for every dollar earned by a man, and Latina women earn 52.5 cents for every dollar earned by a white man. Women from all racial and ethnic backgrounds earned 67.5 cents for every dollar earned by white men. Asian American women, though the best paid, earn 25 percent less than men. This all means that women are still victims of gender and race discrimination and they will not achieve pay parity for more than 50 years. And so on.
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What Lies Beneath
Capital Ideas
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
5.12.2004
SACRAMENTO, CA - A survey of California in the May 1-7 Economist ventures that something remarkable might be happening in the state. The governor has the right ideas, says the highly regarded British publication, but problems remain, including waste, energy, and the business climate.
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Woman at Forefront of Hoax Industry
By: Sally C. Pipes
5.6.2004
The latest evidence seems to indicate that women are better than men at faking stories that cast themselves as victims and cast aspersions on others. Take the strange case of Kerri Dunn, visiting assistant professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College (CMC) in southern California.
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Ho-Hum, Another Earth Day
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
5.5.2004
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Another Earth Day has come and gone, and it is not quite clear whether anyone noticed. Perhaps that's because we're still alive and breathing, contrary to years of dire warnings that we are running out of time.
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California Legislators Harming High Tech
ePolicy
5.3.2004
California's legislators are harming the high-tech industry with anti-business voting, and Silicon Valley lawmakers are among the worst offenders, according to a new Pacific Research Institute (PRI) report Punishing Innovation: A Report on California Legislators' Anti-Tech Voting.
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