Ena blamed for France's ills
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Much of the French general public criticize the country's Ecole Nationale d'Administration (Ena) school for being elitist and for producing arrogant, professional politicians and bureaucrats who have no understanding of reality. Parents of 90% of the school's graduate intake are typically company chairmen or leading civil servants, according to research. One hundred of the leading two hundred French companies have chairmen who went to Ena. The school is well supported by powerful figures in France and is not expected to be replaced, despite the recommendations of Prime Minister Alain Juppe.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1997
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Cave cult stirs passions of pre-historians
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A civil action investigation instigated by junior researcher Emilla Masson has been re-opened in Nice, France. The case involves a prehistoric site in the Vallee des Merveilles, which Masson believes was used by a cosmogonic cult. Her rival and director of research on the site for around 30 years, archaeologist, Henry de Lumley, claims that the site was used by a bull cult. De Lumley has described Massons findings as 'daydreams with no scientific foundations'.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 1997
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