Obama: Where’s the Green for Green Jobs?
By Jamie Henn - Jan 12th, 2009 at 9:41 amFrom the few details of the stimulus package I’ve seen, it looks like Obama is failing to dedicate the kind of money he should to…
Posts Tagged ‘inequality’
Obama, the Stimulus Package, and Higher Ed
By Pedro de la Torre - Jan 9th, 2009 at 12:31 pmYesterday President-elect Obama mentioned higher education in his remarks on the stimulus package at George Mason University. Check it out:
To give our children the…
Congressman Speaks out for Economic Relief for Students
By Pedro de la Torre - Jan 8th, 2009 at 12:30 pmThe Chronicle of Higher Education published an op-ed from Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) about the need for relief for struggling students and an investment in…
Everyone Deserves a Roof
By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 10th, 2008 at 4:34 pmThe E.D.A.R., for “Everyone Deserves a Roof,” is a wonderful idea–homelessness is one of those problems that can never be completely solved, but if we…
Donor Value
By Daniel Strauss - Dec 4th, 2008 at 2:29 pmIn my last Pushback post I argued that more donations should go to smaller, less renowned schools. In response Celia commented :
Agreed for the…
College Donations Can Go to Small Schools Too
By Daniel Strauss - Dec 3rd, 2008 at 5:26 pmMatthew Yglesias (a Harvard graduate) writes :
[G]iving money to wealthy elite universities still doesn’t make much sense. If you want to donate to something…
Reprioritizing College Affordability
By Kay Steiger - Dec 3rd, 2008 at 11:47 amAn article in today’s New York Times paints a dire picture for the affordability of college in the future. As states cut allocations to public…
An Economic Mandate We Can Believe In
By Austin Thompson - Dec 1st, 2008 at 9:30 amLast week, when discussing his vision for the US economy, President-elect Barack Obama for the first time expressed a “mandate to move the country in…
“The SAT is not my friend. We just don’t get along.”
By Jesse Singal - Nov 24th, 2008 at 5:07 pmThe Boston Globe has a piece on the eternal argument over the SAT. There isn’t really anything new here, but the article is a good,…
Student Moms
By Kay Steiger - Nov 24th, 2008 at 12:05 pmInside Higher Ed has a profile of a program that provides special housing to single mothers who are attending an undergraduate Roman Catholic institution, the…
Syzygy
By Nick Sifuentes - Nov 21st, 2008 at 10:38 amNot only is it an awesome word that I never get to use, but it also describes the current state of the healthcare debate. Watch…
I Don’t Really Care if Auto CEOs Fly in Private Jets
By Matt Zeitlin - Nov 20th, 2008 at 1:31 pmThere’s been a lot of controversy over the Big 3 automobile companies’ CEOs flying to Washington on private jets and then asking for huge sums…
Priorities
By Jesse Singal - Nov 19th, 2008 at 5:12 pmVia reddit, Threat Level reports:
Combating music piracy at Tennessee’s public university system is more important than hiring teachers and keeping down tuition costs.
Just-signed…
Urban Education
By Daniel Strauss - Nov 18th, 2008 at 3:55 pmThe more I read about it, the more I realize how massive a responsibility an Office of Urban Planning would have. The office, supposedly, would…
The College (Soon-to-be) Dropouts
By Dylan Matthews - Nov 17th, 2008 at 3:03 pmVia Jason Zengerle, Drake Bennett at The Boston Globe has a long, soul-crushingly dark account of what a 21st century depression would (will?) look like.…
