Daniel Golden of the Wall Street Journal - George Polk Award Winner for Educational Reporting.

Jan. 15, 2003 - "Family Ties: Preference for Alumni Children In College Admission Draws Fire"
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Polk_Alumni.htm

Feb. 20, 2003 - "Extra Credit: At Many Colleges, The Rich Kids Get Affirmative Action"
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Polk_Rich_Applicants.htm

April 25, 2003 - "College Ties: For Groton Grads, Academies Aren't Only Keys to Ivies"\
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Polk_Groton_Grads.htm

May 14, 2003 - "For Supreme Court, Affirmative Action Isn't Just Academic"
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Polk_Supreme_Court_Justices.htm

June 20, 2003 - "Case Study: Schools Find Ways To Achieve Diversity Without Key Tool"
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Polk_Diversity_Without_Key_ Tool.htm

June 25, 2003 - "How Far Does Diversity Go?"
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Polk_HowFarDoesDiversityGo.htm

July 24, 2003 - "Money Chase: College Finally Got Alumnus to Pledge; Next Job: Collecting"
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Polk_Alumnus_Pledge.htm

Oct. 29, 2003 - "Bill Would Make Colleges Report Legacies, Early Admissions"
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Polk_Legacies.htm

Dec. 29, 2003 - "Brain Drain: Initiative to Leave No Child Behind Leaves Out Gifted"
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Polk_Gifted.htm

Celebrating its 75th anniversary, Long Island University is a multi-campus, highly diverse, independent doctoral university with access to the life and resources of the world's greatest city. Offering a full range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs, its highest priority is student-centered education, grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, enriched by research and experiential learning, and made available to promising students from all walks of life. It is the nation's eighth-largest independent university, with nearly 30,000 students and 700 full-time faculty members.

The University's Brooklyn Campus, which has experienced a decade of rapid growth, offers more than 11,000 students 127 programs in over 50 undergraduate and a comparable number of graduate fields, including doctoral programs in clinical psychology, pharmacy and pharmaceutics.