A university think tank just published a list of recommendations for paying for college. Perhaps not too surprisingly, they mostly involve increasing taxpayer-funded government subsidies of higher education. To its credit, the Miller Center at…
Topic: jobs
Delusions of Education Grandeur
Some public officials leave office as far behind the knowledge curve as when they entered it. “One recent analysis found that 95 percent of the jobs created since 2008 required some postsecondary education or training,”…
17 College Majors that Report Underemployment
Some of the majors on this list probably wouldn’t surprise you. Check out Forbes’ list.
Rush Limbaugh Quotes AIA Blog
Our recent article on Donald Trump confusing academics was cited by talk show radio host Rush Limbaugh this past Friday! Take a listen at this link here and read the transcript below: “These people couldn’t…
Study: American Businesses Benefit from Immigration, Taxpayers Don’t
This is an interesting summary by the Center for Immigration Studies on a recent study by the National Academies (known as NAS): The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have just published a report…
Trump Baffles Academics
The “best and the brightest” in academe have been trying to unravel the Trump phenomenon for about as long as this election season has run. Martin Kich of Wright State University devotes about three blogs…
BDS Threatens Palestinians
Way back in the Big Band Era, even before my time, the Mills Brothers did a song called “You always hurt the one you love.” The political Left in America should resurrect it and make…
Do colleges + universities=economic growth?
Academics have been arguing for decades that colleges and universities are engines of economic growth. Now they seem to have scientific proof, or do they? “We estimate fixed effects models at the sub-national level between…
What College Seniors Should Know About Jobs
They are unlikely to find one. “Wise men” will tell them this is a “weak recovery” and “the financial crisis ended years ago.” During the 1930s, as many as 15 million were out of work,…
Berkeley Economist Stumbles on Pretend Economy in U. S.
A Berkeley economist has stumbled on a trend an increasing number of Americans experience annually: We’ve had a pretend economy in the United States for at least 16 years.
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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