In Oregon, a review of more than 6, 000 students' academic records at the state's 17 community colleges found 109 degree-eligible students and another 905 who might qualify.

WSJ: Colleges track former students to boost degrees

Up to 15, 000 people were believed to have taken part in the riots - with the majority of those aged under 24 and with poor academic records, the report said.

BBC: Riot report reveals '500,000 forgotten families'

The bias affects our idea of our own intelligence as measured by IQ, how we judge our ability to think, our notion of our own relative academic records, test results, health, even ability to drive a car and be popular among friends.

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The five academic forecasters who have got the best track records of predicting election results (usually based on a combination of the state of the economy and public opinion) predict that Mr Gore can expect to win 53-60% of the two-party vote in November.

ECONOMIST: Al Gore��s chances

Expect "a free-for-all" as academic researchers get more access to data from companies and from electronic health records, says FDA Deputy Commissioner Janet Woodcock.

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On this front, there is much room for improvement: writings by business faculty in academic journals can be bad enough to be meaningless, as they seek tenure in their institutions through their publishing records.

ECONOMIST: The Gordon-Howell report of 1959