Academic tenure is a commitment by a college or university to award permanent employment status. Most faculty contracts stipulate that tenure can only be removed for cause or for financial exigency. In the last year of my postdoctoral fellowship, I applied for tenure-track positions at various universities around the US. Tenure-track means that the university […]
From a PBS post on Facebook yesterday: “On May 5, 1925, Dayton, Tennessee high school teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution. “It all began when the state of Tennessee passed a law making it a crime to teach evolution in public schools. The newly-organized American Civil Liberties Union responded immediately, placing an ad […]
Healthcare commentary, April 19 by Paul Krugman. It has been a while since I tackled the topic and pulling from multiple resources. The issue still remains. Healthcare in the United States is expensive. Even with the healthcare aid provided by the Biden Administration via congressional approval was not enough. And then voters stayed home, voted […]
A new survey underscores the importance of professional salaries and benefits like paid parental leave in keeping educators in the profession—and how collective bargaining can have a major impact. “How Teachers View Their Pay and Benefits” Tim Walker, Senior Writer Ask most K-12 public school teachers what would make them stay in the profession, better […]
When our daughter was applying to colleges, she visited a bunch of college campuses but ended up applying to only two. One was Washington University in St. Louis, which was only a few blocks from where she grew up. The other was Colorado State University in Ft Collins, which she saw on her big college […]
– by Steve Roth Originally posted at Wealth Economics If you think human well-being matters, yeah. If there’s one armchair economic truism that I give high credence to, it’s declining marginal utility. The first ice-cream cone you eat on a hot sunny day delivers a lot of utility. The second, significantly less so. (With ice-cream cones, you pretty […]
and not because of AI. A person who taught classes on building homes, buildings, etc., I always wanted to do what he was doing in planning housing and structures. It was not in the cards back in 68 and I ended up in the Marine Corps as enlisted. Did my time and got out in […]
All three of mine were in college at one time or another. We had the parental loans. In one case we had to take over a loan Both my wife and I paid off the double-digit thousands of dollars over time. It does not mean everyone else can do so. The overlying factor here is, […]
Some stories about Student Loans. In the past, I have written about student loans. If in the end, you can pay them off with little delay, you are golden. The problems arise when a student can not find a decent paying job. It becomes a matter of what do I have for dinner as there […]
Pick One or Face the Consequences. Either Way, You Will Be Worse Off. Rough roads for Students having student loans. But what is unusual about this? The answer is “nothing.” For decades, student loans have become the cross to bear (if needed) to gain a college education. If you have been keeping track of Angry […]