Donations to private universities fell last year for the first time since the late 1980s, according to the Rand Corporation's Council for Aid to Education.

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RAND's emphasis on micro-managing immigration on the basis of education.

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Indeed, while the poor and black are more likely to be obese than the rich and white, the Rand Corporation's Roland Sturm pooh-poohs the notion that higher education and greater wealth will stem the broadening tide.

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Riley worked hard to lobby support for his Education Improvement Act, described as the most comprehensive educational reform measure in the country in a RAND Corporation study.

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