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Section: December 1997
They're talking on campus. . .
... about a national effort to cripple unions' ability to raise funds
for political action through payroll check-off.
Right-wing groups in
California kicked off the campaign by filing for a referendum vote on the issue
next year. Unions, including NEA's California affiliates, are opposing what
they call "an attack on workers' ability to have a voice in the political
process."
…about a study that finds the IQs of Black students who went to
college increased four times as much as those of their white classmates. Researchers, using the
same data bank as the authors of The Bell Curve, compared IQs of students during
their senior year of high school and at college graduation. The researchers
hypothesize that a major determining factor of intelligence is not genetics but
the quality of education both before and during college. For more, contact Joel
Myerson at jmyerson@artsci.wustl.edu.
