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High school graduation rate is a barometer of the health of American society

Apr 1, 2008, James J. Heckman, The Foundation and Application of Disparate Impact Doctrine

James J. Heckman and Paul A. LaFontaine: The high school graduation rate is a barometer of the health of American society and the skill level of its future workforce. Throughout the first half of…

Explaining Death and Atrocity in Darfur
Jan 17, 2008, John Hagan, Explaining Death and Atrocity in Darfur

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In 1974 the Board of Directors of the American Bar Foundation authorized the organization of an Oral History Program for the purpose of assembling a historical record about the legal profession and the organized bar.

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