2015 Ohio Higher Education Report: Part 3
Prepared by the Leadership of the Ohio Conference of AAUP:
2015 Ohio Higher Education Report: Part 4
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“Right to Work,” by the Numbers: Part 9: Previously Uninsured Americans Who Now Receive Health Insurance through the Federal Exchanges Established under the Affordable Care Act
Uninsured, by State, in August 2014: Source: Gallup Well-Being Index [http://www.well-beingindex.com/]. Uninsured, by County, in August 2014: Source: Enroll America [https://www.enrollamerica.org/research-maps/maps/changes-in-uninsured-rates-by-county/] Percentages Using Federal Exchanges: Source: Washington Center for Equitable Growth [http://equitablegrowth.org/interactive/aca-beneficiaries/] __________________________ Previous posts in this series have included: Part 1: Population Growth and Movement: https://academeblog.org/2013/04/03/2666/. Part 2: Immigration: https://academeblog.org/2013/04/21/right-to-work-by-the-numbers-part-2/. Part…
The “Perfect Gifts” for Father’s Day?
Or are our florists trying just a little too hard to transform every day into an occasion on which to give flowers?
Secrets of the Dividing Line
Sweet Briar Lives!
In a stunning and welcome development on the eve of a scheduled court hearing on Monday, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced today that “a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been agreed upon by Amherst County Attorney Ellen Bowyer, Saving Sweet Briar, Sweet Briar College and the Office of the Attorney General outlining a plan…
The Political Rhetoric of Mass Murder
Two nights ago, Jon Stewart began The Daily Show with a blistering commentary on the disjunction between our willingness to expend untold resources and thousands of lives and even to compromise some of our core national values in order to prevent attacks by foreign terrorists and our unwillingness to entertain any meaningful discussion of, never…
2015 Ohio Higher Education Report: Part 1
Prepared by the Leadership of the Ohio Conference of AAUP:
2015 Ohio Higher Education Report: Part 2
Prepared by the Leadership of the Ohio Conference of AAUP:
What’s Wrong with Performance Based Funding?
This is a post by Rudy Fichtenbaum, President of the AAUP. _______________ The Chronicle of Higher Education just had an article about performance based funding in Florida. Performance based funding has been adopted in 30 states in one form or another and provides funding to universities and colleges if they meet certain metrics. Performance based…