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| August 21, 2006 | Foroohar, Rana; Overdorf, Jason; McNicoll, Tracy; Kashiwagi, Akiko | COPYRIGHT 2006 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Rana Foroohar (With Jason Overdorf in New Delhi, Tracy McNicoll in Paris and Akiko Kashiwagi in Tokyo)

When students take to the streets, they're usually united against something like war or racism. But when Indian students took to the streets last May they had a different cause. These were children of the wealthy upper castes out to stop a plan to reserve more university places for their peers from poor and lower-caste backgrounds. This was youth versus youth, and they were fighting for the status quo.

Resistance to social-leveling campaigns in higher education isn't limited to India. When a top French Grande Ecole--alma mater of presidents and ...

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