Posts Tagged ‘Chronicle of Higher Education’
Chronicle of Higher Ed Asks Where State Legislators Went to College
by John O. Harney
June 13, 2011
For years, we asserted that New England's struggles with low state fiscal support for higher education stemmed in part from the under-representation of public higher education alums in the region's state legislatures.
This week, the national Chronicle of Higher Education published a major review of where state lawmakers went to college.
Among the findings: New Hampshire, Vermont, ...
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Amid Focus on Science Literacy and Business Ed, Liberal Arts Blossoms
by John O. Harney
February 1, 2011
"Science courses belong in the liberal arts curriculum for the benefit of both science and non-science majors."
That's one of the main findings in a study released by the Cambridge, Mass.-based American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Science and the Educated American: A Core Component of Liberal Education warns that the pace of scientific and technological change ...
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Today’s Grim Jobs Report
by Neeta P. Fogg and Paul E. Harrington
August 6, 2010
June 2009 is seen by many as the end of the Great Recession. Strong growth in GDP following massive monetary and fiscal responses to the collapse in housing and financial markets meant that the economy was on the mend. Yet a year later, 1.1 million fewer people are working, and the unemployment rate is stuck ...
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