BOOKS: "The Dumbest Generation"
To
Mark Bauerlein, a professor of English at Emory University, the present is a good
time to be young only if you don't mind a tendency toward empty-headedness. In
"The Dumbest Generation," he argues that cultural and technological
forces, far from opening up an exciting new world of learning and thinking, have
conspired to create a level of public ignorance so high as to threaten our democracy.
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New
Sites Make It Easier to Spy on Friends
Armed
with new and established Web sites, people are uncovering surprising details about
others that often don't turn up in a simple Internet search. Though none of these
sites can reveal anything that isn't already available publicly, they can make
it much easier to find. Read
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The
New Math of College Finance
In recent months, some
of the wealthiest and most prestigious schools in the country have made their
financial aid more generous, replacing loans with grants and capping costs at
a certain percentage of family income. Here's a guide to navigating the
new world of financial aid. Read
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Teens
Feel Chill in Hunt for Summer Jobs
More teens will be looking for summer
jobs this year than last --but fewer will be getting them. After sinking to a
new low in 2007, teen summer employment is expected to fall again, to the lowest
rate in the 60-year history of government jobs data. Read
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