Category Archives: Women

Letter to Hillary: Beware Education Advice From Hedge-Funds

Posted on April 1, 2015 by

Last week, The New York Times, published a front page story about the pressure Hillary Rodham Clinton is under to declare herself on a host of controversial education-reform initiatives, including the Common Core State Standards and charter schools, which are … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Cuba with My Journalism Students

Posted on February 14, 2015 by

Last month, I led 11 Baruch College journalism students to Cuba as part of a class on covering emerging entrepreneurship in that island nation. The lessons learned for both me and my students were profound. The purpose of the trip … Continue reading →

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Grandmothers as Global Change Agents: How India’s Barefoot College Seeks to Transform the World’s Poorest Villages

Posted on February 2, 2014 by

Bunker Roy, the founder of India’s Barefoot College, likes to say that he got the best education in the world and it almost destroyed him. But instead of becoming a doctor or an engineer as his parents expected, he moved … Continue reading →

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Are women better cops, drivers, hedgefund managers?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

On WNYC this morning, ran across an interview with Dan Abrams on his irresistable-sounding new book: Man Down: Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt that Women are Better Cops, Drivers, Gamblers, Spies, World Leaders, Beer Tasters, Hedge Fund Managers and Just … Continue reading →

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