Match of data and desire
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Content and users are the two elements of a successful web business, according to ingenta Chief Executive Mark Rowse. He feels that people who require information as part of their working lives will be willing to pay for the service offered by ingenta, which now runs the Bath Information and Data Services used by more than 70% of UK universities. He believes that there is a significant commercial opportunity to make this resource available to professional knowledge workers who are not working in academia.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1999
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The director of African-American studies at the University of Pennsylvania believes that racial data can never be politically neutral. At the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance which took place in South Africa in September, racial data was discussed at length, and was based on supposedly politically neutral scientific research.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2001
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Gender and myth: data about student performance
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The American Assn of University Women's claim that schools are at fault for the poor performance of girl students in math and science and the decline of their self-esteem is criticized. Their interpretation of their findings is inaccurate for boys like girls have also similar problems in school.
Publication Name: Current
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0011-3131
Year: 1999
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