The case for college for all
I considered making this a one sentence post. Read this David Leonhardt article for the New York Times entitled College for the Masses. Its a
Autos and Michigan prosperity
For most of the 20th Century Michigan was one of the nation’s most prosperous states. Largely because the auto industry employed hundreds of thousands at
The college completion challenge
A recent article in the Washington Monthly is subtitled “The problem is not college debt, it’s low graduation rates. Fix that, and you fix the
Education pays updated
You can find current data here. The Bureau of Labor Statistics each year publishes a chart that details the unemployment rate and median weekly earnings
Liberal arts as an asset
Readers of this blog know that we believe that a broad education is the key to building the skills needed for successful/prosperous forty year careers.
Worth watching
Great You Tube video from Richard Reeves of the Brookings Institution entitled: “Is America Dreaming?: Understanding Social Mobility” Highly recommended! Using legos and in less
