Cultural Representations of Higher Ed, No. 11 College and University Administrators: Anne Packer-Brown, a dean (created by Virginia Crosby); Grace Forrester, a retired dean (created by Ruth Galbraith); Peter Haas (created by Robin Wilson); Isabel Macintosh, a dean of the faculty (created by Herbert Resnicow); Jack Troutbeck, a president of a women’s college (created by…
Part 2: Deliver Half of a Baccalaureate Degree by MOOC [Explanatory lead to the first post in this series (): Richard Vedder is distinguished professor of economics at Ohio University, director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, and an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. In an earlier post, I pointed out,…
As American colleges and universities emerge weaker but wiser from the Great Recession, it is also time to think about how best to move forward with capital projects long delayed or shelved. What, then, are the preconditions determining which projects go forward? What seemed to be an essential capital expenditure five years ago may not…
Part 1: Three-Year Baccalaureate Degrees Richard Vedder is distinguished professor of economics at Ohio University, director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, and an adjunct scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. In an earlier post, I pointed out, as others have, that he is hardly an unbiased or objective commentator on the state…
After the long Labor Day weekend, as another academic year truly begins, here are what seem to be intimations of a coming apocalypse. If the world as we know it is not coming to an end, the creation of these objects suggests that perhaps it should be. So, with any luck, that class preparation or…
This is an open letter sent by Perez to the United Auto Workers. Brother and Sisters: From the U.S. Department of Labor, where I proudly work in a building named for my great predecessor Frances Perkins, let me wish all of my friends in the United Auto Workers and your families–wherever you are–a safe, happy…
Statement by President Lyndon Johnson, Labor Day, 1968. THE TRADEMARK of the American labor movement has long been an unyielding stand for individual dignity and economic justice. On this Labor Day, with employment hitting an all-time peak of almost 78 million and a record proportion of citizens sharing in our Nation’s vast wealth, this stand…
What follows is the press release of President Obama’s Labor Day address. It is full of nice sentiments amorphously framed. How does a Democratic president deliver make a statement commemorating Labor Day without ever using any of the following words: “union,” “bargaining unit,” “organized labor,” or even “labor.” During the Democratic Convention in 2012, the…
In Congressional Republicans’ weekly radio address, ostensibly commemorating Labor Day, Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R—Pennsylvania) never mentions unions, organized labor, or collective bargaining. In fact, he uses the word “workers” only five times while using the word “business” three times, and he seems to suggest that most of what he has learned about workers’ problems he…
Earlier this month, the Ohio House of Representatives announced the creation of the “Higher Education Reform Study Committee,” chaired by Rep. Cliff Rosenberger (R-Carksville), who also served as chair of the House finance Higher Education Subcommittee during the budget process. The committee has embarked on a “road show,” traveling all over the state to public…