Larry Ladd
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Over the last six decades, the answer is the Republicans. "What’s happening right now is a really strong break from the historically strong bipartisan and robust Republican investment in science that has fueled an incredible amount of innovation and economic growth."
Which Political Party Provides More Funding for Science?
Though both Republicans and Democrats have historically supported federal funding of research, one party has spent more.
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Over the last six decades, the answer is the Republicans. "What’s happening right now is a really strong break from the historically strong bipartisan and robust Republican investment in science that has fueled an incredible amount of innovation and economic growth."
Not only is nursing no longer considered a profession by the Department of Education, neither is accounting!
AICPA, NASBA object to Ed. Dept. downgrade of accounting degree programs
The American Institute CPAs, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and state CPA societies voiced their objections to a government proposal.
www.accountingtoday.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Not only is nursing no longer considered a profession by the Department of Education, neither is accounting!
"Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo." - poet John Sinclair
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo." - poet John Sinclair
Theological views can be a test for presidents. Happy birthday to Harvard’s first president, Rev. Henry Dunster (1609-58). He left the presidency because his views on infant baptism were inconsistent with Puritan orthodoxy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_D...
Henry Dunster - Wikipedia
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November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Theological views can be a test for presidents. Happy birthday to Harvard’s first president, Rev. Henry Dunster (1609-58). He left the presidency because his views on infant baptism were inconsistent with Puritan orthodoxy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_D...
"The best leaders practice strategic refusal: knowing when—and how—to say no."
Our Favorite Management Tips on Leading When You’re Overwhelmed
Our Management Tip of the Day newsletter continues to be one of HBR’s most popular newsletters. In this article, we’ve compiled eight of our favorite tips on leading when you’re feeling overwhelmed, f...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"The best leaders practice strategic refusal: knowing when—and how—to say no."
For institutions with a very strong market position, increasing undergraduate enrollment is one say to improve their financial condition.
Columbia considers expanding undergraduate enrollment by up to 20 percent
Columbia is considering expanding undergraduate enrollment in Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science by up to 20 percent, according to an Oct. 31 email to faculty from the ...
www.columbiaspectator.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
For institutions with a very strong market position, increasing undergraduate enrollment is one say to improve their financial condition.
“Learn to distinguish dignity from respect. Dignity is unconditional and inherent, while respect is earned. Recognizing everyone’s right to dignity builds a stronger foundation for leadership.”
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How Does Dignity Fit Into Your Leadership?
Dignity violations are common in modern workplaces and significantly impair the relationships between leaders and employees. But treating others with dignity can have a large impact on employee satisf...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
“Learn to distinguish dignity from respect. Dignity is unconditional and inherent, while respect is earned. Recognizing everyone’s right to dignity builds a stronger foundation for leadership.”
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"Call it what you want: a strategic distraction, a bureaucratic reshuffling or business as usual for this administration. For Indian Country, it’s a violation of federal law. It is a breach of trust and treaty obligations."
Decisions About Us, Without Us: Education Dismantling Ignores Tribal Nations
Opinion. As Congress weighed releasing the Epstein files last week, the Trump administration quietly announced plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education — shifting programs that serve Native...
nativenewsonline.net
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Call it what you want: a strategic distraction, a bureaucratic reshuffling or business as usual for this administration. For Indian Country, it’s a violation of federal law. It is a breach of trust and treaty obligations."
Of course they do! Going to college is all about testing and reconsidering your assumptions.
Half of Community College Students Change Programs Despite Initial Certainty, Study Finds
New research reveals complex dynamics behind program selection as colleges urged to provide better guidance.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Of course they do! Going to college is all about testing and reconsidering your assumptions.
She was a teacher about what race hatred and fear can do.
Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Viola Fletcher dies at 111
Viola Fletcher was 111 years old and still resided in Tulsa when she died Monday. She lived through the Tulsa Race Massacre as a child, which she said deeply scarred her and her family.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
She was a teacher about what race hatred and fear can do.
“There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.”
Happy birthday to baseball great Joe DiMaggio (1914-99)
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Happy birthday to baseball great Joe DiMaggio (1914-99)
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Joe DiMaggio - Wikipedia
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November 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
“There is always some kid who may be seeing me for the first time. I owe him my best.”
Happy birthday to baseball great Joe DiMaggio (1914-99)
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Happy birthday to baseball great Joe DiMaggio (1914-99)
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At a time when the need for nurses far exceeds the supply, Federal policy makes it more difficult for colleges and universities to meet the need.
Next generation of nurses at risk with proposed student loan caps
As nursing shortages hit an all-time high, new proposed borrowing limits by the Education Department could make it harder to pay for school.
www.usatoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
At a time when the need for nurses far exceeds the supply, Federal policy makes it more difficult for colleges and universities to meet the need.
While the administration has argued that giving states more control over education policy would improve outcomes, tribal leaders counter that states are not parties to federal treaties with Native nations.
American Indian College Fund Raises Alarm Over Plan to Shift Native Programs Away From the Dept. of Education
In wake of Tuesday's announcement that the Trump administration is dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, the American Indian College Fund is warning that the Trump administration’s plan to tra...
nativenewsonline.net
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
While the administration has argued that giving states more control over education policy would improve outcomes, tribal leaders counter that states are not parties to federal treaties with Native nations.
"Businessmen" dominated research universities from their very beginning. My favorite tome on the topic is Thorstein Veblen's “The Higher Learning in America: A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men,” published in 1918.
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Businessmen" dominated research universities from their very beginning. My favorite tome on the topic is Thorstein Veblen's “The Higher Learning in America: A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men,” published in 1918.
Novels and movies set in fictional colleges have a long history. The latest is Season 2 of Netflix' "A Man on the Inside," set in Wheeler College. Wheeler is a small, struggling liberal arts college, with characters typical of faculty and administrators at such colleges.
'A Man on the Inside' goes to college, and Ted Danson aces the test
Charles (Ted Danson) went undercover in a retirement community in the first season of the hit Netflix series. In Season 2, Charles enrolls in college, and brings along a fantastic new cast.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Novels and movies set in fictional colleges have a long history. The latest is Season 2 of Netflix' "A Man on the Inside," set in Wheeler College. Wheeler is a small, struggling liberal arts college, with characters typical of faculty and administrators at such colleges.
Whatever successive US presidents have said, each has expanded the role of the Federal government in education. The current president is even more interventionist that most past ones. There is no shift of power to the states.
Trump Isn’t First President to Try to Break Up ED
An iteration of the department in 1867 lasted about a year before being demoted and not resurfacing until the Carter administration. Department or no, both Democrats and Republicans have expanded the ...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Whatever successive US presidents have said, each has expanded the role of the Federal government in education. The current president is even more interventionist that most past ones. There is no shift of power to the states.
On this day in 1947 a group of writers, producers and directors that became known as the "Hollywood 10" was cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about alleged Communist influence in the movie industry.
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Nov. 24, 1947: Congress holds ‘Hollywood 10’ in contempt
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
On this day in 1947 a group of writers, producers and directors that became known as the "Hollywood 10" was cited for contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions about alleged Communist influence in the movie industry.
www.abajournal.com/magazine/art...
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"Charity is of the pocketbook, yes. But even more, it is in the radical grace of humble hearts."
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True charity
Faith traditions have recognized that charity is more than simply the act of giving. It involves a deeper realization of the connections that bind us all. In giving, we receive. In loving without expe...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"Charity is of the pocketbook, yes. But even more, it is in the radical grace of humble hearts."
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"When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out." — Casey Stengel
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out." — Casey Stengel
"This fall, with the Trump administration attacking schools and public confidence in higher education still near historic lows, schools are shifting their strategies from rah-rah recruitment ads to distinct, detailed stories about how their research improves life in their communities."
College ads, a staple of sports TV, shift tone in response to Trump
Attacked by the White House, universities are banding together to run ads during college football games that tout the impact of academic research.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"This fall, with the Trump administration attacking schools and public confidence in higher education still near historic lows, schools are shifting their strategies from rah-rah recruitment ads to distinct, detailed stories about how their research improves life in their communities."
Today in 1644 John Milton published Areopagitica, a pamphlet articulating and defending the principle of freedom of speech and the press. New ideas!
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Areopagitica - Wikipedia
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November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Today in 1644 John Milton published Areopagitica, a pamphlet articulating and defending the principle of freedom of speech and the press. New ideas!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areopag...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Areopag...
Business Insider names seven sectors and industries are struggling. One of them is higher education. All seven are residential housing, government, restaurants, commercial real estate, freight, mining, and higher education.
The 7 ugly trends that show America is closer to a recession than you think
From homebuilding to trucking, major parts of the US economy are in deep trouble. The weakness could drag the whole country into a recession.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Business Insider names seven sectors and industries are struggling. One of them is higher education. All seven are residential housing, government, restaurants, commercial real estate, freight, mining, and higher education.
Congratulations to the University of Wyoming on the appointment of Tarissa Spoonhunter as the inaugural Liliane and Christian Haub Professor!
Spoonhunter named first Haub Professor at UW - County 10
Tarissa Spoonhunter, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources and director of the High Plains American Indian Research Institute, has been a...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Congratulations to the University of Wyoming on the appointment of Tarissa Spoonhunter as the inaugural Liliane and Christian Haub Professor!
Good news for public higher education in Virginia. The incoming governors says that she will appoint board members and then not interfere with their work. That's typically how it has worked in Virginia until the past few years.
Spanberger blasts Youngkin for politicizing Va. college boards, vows changes
In an interview with The Post, Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) suggested changes to how the state should oversee its colleges and universities.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Good news for public higher education in Virginia. The incoming governors says that she will appoint board members and then not interfere with their work. That's typically how it has worked in Virginia until the past few years.
The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, was introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas on this day in 1992.
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IBM Simon - Wikipedia
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November 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, was introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas on this day in 1992.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Simon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Simon