Official gender discrimination on campus is supposed to be a thing of the past. It is curious then to discover an aspect of university life where blatant gender bias is permitted to survive conspicuously and unchallenged. The discrimination in question concerns the many scholarships which are granted only to female students. A quick perusal of [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Why not a Scholarhip for White Men?
Posted in OpEd on November 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
FREAKONOMICS 2.0: Fighting knowledge monopolies, or how to avoid being ripped off
Posted in Business, Law on November 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
`Information imbalances’ cost North Americans billions of dollars a year. One intrepid economist wants to change that. Henry Schneider, an economist at Cornell University, believes that auto mechanics are no more dishonest than the rest of us. His opinion is something of a surprise in light of his research. In a new paper, Schneider describes [...]
