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After the patriarchy: The HR lady is in charge now
Is women's growing power the cause of wokeness?

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 18, 20252 min read


Glittering prizes: Can non-elite college grads become masters of the universe?
It's college application time again. Ambitious 12th-graders are polishing their essays, wondering if mentioning their grandmother's claim...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 9, 20242 min read


Ivy crazy: Should colleges make merit broader -- and fuzzier?
" The meritocracy isn't working ," writes David Brooks in The Atlantic . Ambitious parents "ferry their kids from one supervised...

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 19, 20242 min read


Are educated people smarter? Link is weakening, says study in Norway
Cognitive ability no longer is linked strongly to years of education, concludes a Norwegian study published in published in Scientific...

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 31, 20231 min read
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