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Rethinking Shared Governance
Ron Liebowitz is visiting research professor at Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies and president emeritus of Brandeis University and Middlebury College. His current research is on data science and AI applications in higher ed decision-making and governance.
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Rising cost of college
Hardly news that the cost of college is skyrocketing here’s how much. According to inflation data dot com the price of just about everything you buy the overall inflation rate between 1985 and 2010 was 107%. But the increase in the price of tuition and other associated costs over that same 25 year period was […]
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2016’s fattest cities in America
I do think both employers and government can and should play constructive roles in enabling people to live healthy lifestyles, for example, by ensuring access to nutritious food, providing time and safe spaces for children to engage in physical activity, and limiting children’s exposure to junk food and sodas. At the same time, it is […]
We used to count black Americans as ⅗ of a person. For reparations, give them 5/3 of a vote
If you want to shut down a conversation about race, just say the word “reparations.” Even black Americans are divided over the idea that money can compensate for the vestiges of an evil institution that ended 150 years ago; only 60 percent think the government should make cash payments to descendants of slaves. White Americans, on the […]
Uncle Sam wants YOU to read ‘popular’ scholarly books
Here is a full list of the newly named Public Scholars, their professional affiliations, book titles and grant amounts: • Thomas Andrews, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo, “Animals in the History of the United States,” $50,400. • Edward Ball, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., “Constant LeCorgne (1832-1886): Biography of a Klansman,” $50,400. • Nicholas Basbanes, independent scholar, North […]
Unsexy but tech-forward industries offer hope to middle class
In the Brookings “advanced industries” rankings, Silicon Valley was far and away the leader. Usual tech suspects Seattle and Boston ranked highly, too; Boston, a solid eighth, might have placed higher had researchers factored in more of the health care sector into their calculations. Just as striking, though, is the prominence of unsung metro areas […]
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‘Jaitley’s Budget is no different from the UPA’s’
Ravi Ramamurti, Professor of International Business and Strategy and Director, Center for Emerging Markets at NortheasternUniversity, Boston, Massachusetts, commenting on the Budget said, “The Budget was bound to disappoint, given how high our expectations were.” He said that it has few bold strokes. The government was boxed in politically, by the impending state elections, and […]
The trouble with organ banking
After last year’s Boston Marathon bombings, many people rushed to donate blood—so much that the Red Cross, in a statement the next day, said it had more than it needed. An adequate blood supply is something most of us now take for granted: Thanks to altruistic donors, we assume that, if we end up in […]
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Study reveals how a bioterrorism attack could spread to several continents before it’s even detected
A bioterrorism attack could spread to several continents before it is even detected, according to a startling new scientific study. The study found that if a small group of terrorists infected themselves with a disease such as smallpox and walked around London, then the pathogens could spread to up to four nations before doctors managed […]
Sequester the Drug War: Drug Control Spending and the Opportunity to Stop Throwing Good Money After Bad
With the squeeze of the sequester increasingly palpable across the country and the battle over next year’s budget unfolding on Capitol Hill, there is no better time for a sober, bipartisan and data-driven conversation about our spending priorities. One area where dismal return on investment dictates fundamental change is the “war on drugs.” By slashing […]
Teaching The ‘Me Me Me Generation’
In May, Time magazine ran a cover story on “The Me Me Me Generation,” the social media loving, status-sharing millennials that writer Joel Stein described as “entitled narcissists.” Yet despite the entitlement he finds so irritating, Stein acknowledges millennials also have the potential to be our saviors. He just might have that part correct, but […]