|
|
The views expressed on this page
are soley
those of the author and do not
necessarily
represent the views of County News Online
|
Inside
Higher Education… Do
Colleges Need to Be Need Blind? By Rick Seltzer
Some maintain that they can drop the policy and preserve access, but
those who have gone need blind have seen gains in student diversity.
July 21, 2016 - Ceasing need-blind admissions is a politically tenuous
move for colleges and universities -- need-blind policies, associated
with meritocracy and equal opportunity, cut to the...
read more |
|
Heritage Foundation… Big
Debt, Little Study: What Taxpayers
Should Know About College Students’ Time Use,
By Lindsey Burke, Jamie Bryan Hall and Mary Clare Reim - College
students understandably bemoan the costs of higher education. During
the 2015–2016 school year, annual costs[1] at four-year public
universities reached $19,548 for in-state students and $34,031 for
out-of-state students. Annual costs at private...
read more |
Cleveland.com… RNC
2016 - Score another victory for
Cleveland: John R. Kasich
July 22, 2016 - With another championship performance, Cleveland shone
brightly in the national spotlight – yet again – as it hosted the
Republican National Convention earlier this week. While many
expected trouble and violence, it didn't happen. Despite protests, most
people expressed their grievances peacefully. When you consider the
fact that...
read more |
Being a fed: When no news really
is good
news, By Mike Causey
July 19, 2016 - According to the American Heritage Dictionary of
Idioms, the proverbial phrase may have first been uttered by King James
I of England, who, in 1616, is believed to have said, “No news is
better than evil news.” It figures that he was in government. For 21st
century American civil servants, the no-new-is-good-news outlook on
life is for real...
read more |
Dog days are great, if you’re a
dog,
By Mike Causey
July 15, 2016 - When is the last time the boss told you to take the
next two months off, with full pay and full benefits? Before you answer
that, answer this semi-trick question: Which place has the most
government-approved days off? Fiji, Monaco, Argentina, Colombia,
District of Columbia, Thailand, Iceland, Malaysia, Slovakia? When...
read more |
Federal
News Radio… After
the All Star game, all hell breaks
loose, By Tom Temin
July 11, 2016 -- Federal managers need to brace for a few weeks of
nuttiness. Like listening to mommy and daddy scream at one another,
career people will find it hard to tune out the coming noise. Before
that we have the fun of this week’s All Star break. Tuesday evening
Major League Baseball will indulge in its annual orgy of nostalgia and
self-worship. It’s a great spectacle...
read more |
Federal
New Radio… House
GOP prepares famous shoot-foot shot,
again, By Mike Causey
July 12, 2016 - A government shutdown in the fall of 2016. Really?
Another shutdown? Where did that come from? Haven’t we (they) learned?
Congressional Republicans (aided and abetted by some
naughty-but-politically-clever Democrats) may be heading the nation
toward another government shutdown. If it happens — big IF — it...
read more |
To see Archives
for the Previous
Month's Blogs...
click
here
|
|
|
|
|
