Stanford University

Description: Stanford University is one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions. It is located in Palo Alto, California.

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Stanford.edu has 1,431 URLs listed in 1,077 Dmoz categories.

Students for Informed Career Decisions
Provides information sheets on the environmental and labor practices of corporations that recruit on college campuses - including Disney, which is embroiled in a labor controversy.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/SICD/
Top/Society/Issues/Business

Comparative Democratization Project - Economic Development
Internet resources on economic development and democratization around the world.
http://democracy.stanford.edu/econ.html
Top/Society/Issues/Economic/Development

Hoover Essay- Bilingual Education: A Critique
The evolution of the bilingual education debate from its origin in the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Bilingual Education Act (1968).
http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/publications/he/22/22a.html
Top/Society/Issues/Education/Bilingual_Education/News_and_Media

The Bridge Project
The project's goal is to improve opportunities for all students to enter and succeed in higher education by strengthening the alignment between higher education and K-12 curriculum standards and assessments.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/bridgeproject/
Top/Society/Issues/Education/Education_Reform/Curriculum_Reform

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Voluntary Euthanasia
A comprehensive entry with background information on the issue.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/euthanasia-voluntary/
Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/Euthanasia

John McCarthy's 'Sustainability of Human Progress'
Web pages aimed at showing that human material progress is desirable and sustainable. Argues that technological progress will overcome perceived obstacles to the sustainability of the American standard of living.
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/
Top/Society/Issues/Environment/Sustainable_Development/Debates

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Mental Illness
Article discussing whether mental illness exists, written by Christian Perring, Ph.D.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mental-illness/
Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Articles

Philip Morris Info Sheet
From a Stanford University student organization responding to Philip Morris recruiting on campus.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/SICD/PhilipMorris/pmorris.html
Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco

Comparative Democratization Project, Stanford - Human Rights
Links to Internet resources on human rights.
http://democracy.stanford.edu/hum_rights.html
Top/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties

Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Human Rights
Annotated guide to internet resources.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/hurights.html
Top/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Advocacy_Organizations/Africa