"Andrew Hacker" (born 1929) is an United States/American political scientist and public intellectual.

He is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Political Science at Queens College

in New York. He did his undergraduate work at Amherst College. This was followed

by graduate work at Oxford University, University of Michigan, and Princeton University where he received his PhD degree. Hacker taught at Cornell University/Cornell before taking his current position at Queens.

His most recent book, Higher Education? was written in collaboration

with Claudia Dreifus, his domestic partner. Professor Hacker is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books. In his articles he has questioned whether mathematics is necessary, claiming "Making mathematics mandatory prevents us from discovering and developing young talent" while attracting criticism. The counterpoint to Hacker's thinking, a reduction in subjects such as algebra wouldy be disastrous and wrong, leaving many Americans ill-prepared to compete in a global marketplace and actually resulting in greater inequality since it would preclude some who would eventually succeed in the technical fields

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This should be a matter of public concern. After all, one reason taxpayers must pay more every April is that wealth made over to foundations not only avoids inheritance levies but becomes tax-exempt in its new incarnation.

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For this reason, it is my further belief that it is not necessary to give notice of this application to John Fisher and Son (Limited) as the original grantor of the restrictive covenant.

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