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The Cornell Roosevelt Instute Policy JournalThe Cornell Roosevelt Instute Policy Journal
Center for Educaon Policy and DevelopmentCenter for Educaon Policy and Development
Issue No. 3, Fall 2012
LOOKING AHEAD
The Cornell Roosevelt Instute Policy Journal
Center for Educaon Policy and Development
Issue No. 3, Fall 2012
President & Senior Policy Chairman
Michael Wodka ‘13
Layout & Design Editor
Mahew S. Lynch ‘14Michael Wodka ‘13
Eding & Refereeing Team
Mahew S. Lynch ‘14Reed DesRoisers ‘15
Susan Porter ‘14
Anika Alam ‘15
Cayley Heller ‘14
Mahew Landers ‘15
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Copyright © 2012 by the Cornell Roosevelt Instute. All rights reserved.The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors. They do not expressthe views or opinions of the Cornell Roosevelt Instute.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
About the Roosevelt Instute
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Leer from the Policy Director
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Reed DesRoisers (HumEc ‘14) 6
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“Regulatory Changes Stop Predaon by For
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Prot Colleges”
For
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prot colleges provide convenient educaonal opportunies for many atypical Americanstudents, however, these academies are harmful to their constuents. They place prot before people by direcng more funds towards adversing than their curricula, yielding asub
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par educaon for their paying students.
Susan Porter (ILR ’14) 9
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“Breaking Barriers: Nontradional Students and Higher Educaon”
Without a college degree or technical/trade school cercaon, the disenfranchised will besentenced to low
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wage employment and earn below a living wage. Streamlined admission procedures for postsecondary educaon will help remove barriers for nontradional stu-dents.
Anika Alam (HumEc ’15) 12
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“An Apple a Day Keeps the Teacher Away”
The government should not subsidize the use of iPads and encourage their use as a primary learning tool. There are both consequences and externalies associated with the use of iPads on a daily basis, which will ulmately hinder the student’s educaon.
Cayley Heller (HumEc ‘13) 15
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17“A Second Wave: Aerschool Programming for Low Income Schools”
With an ever
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increasing income achievement gap, acon needs to be taken to address theeducaon of disadvantaged students. The New York City Department of Educaon should fund built in aerschool programming.
Mahew Landers (HumEc ‘15) 18
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“Modifying Athlecs within High School Curricula”
The government should seek ways to reduce the inuence of athlecs on high school curric-ula. This diversion will allow a beer allocaon of school resources and improve the aca-demic integrity of American schools.
Mahew Lynch (A&S ‘14) 21
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Betraying Prometheus: The Duplicity of the Louisiana Voucher System
Governor Bobby Jindal’s Voucher Plan markets snake oil as a healing elixir.
His gambit fur-ther dismantles the failing public school system and veils fundamentalist Chrisan prosely-zaon.
Jindal throws the good meat back on the re and snus the hearth, backtrackingeverything Prometheus did for mankind.
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