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Adjusted for inflation, state support for each full-time public-college student declined by 26.1 percent from 1990 to 2010, forcing students and their families to shoulder more of the cost of higher education at a time when family incomes were largely stagnant, according to a report released on
In the media
Most Americans earn their bachelor's degrees at public universities, and it's easy to see why.
In the media
Lynn O'Shaughnessy
By now it's pretty clear that Mitt Romney's recent claim about female job losses during the Obama presidency has more to do with selective number fudging and electoral pandering than factual accuracy.
Blog
Jack Temple
NEW YORK – A new report reveals that African Americans remain disproportionately excluded from corporate and nonprofit board membership in New York City: Of the 697 directors that sit on the boards of the city’s 25 largest employers, only 5.7 percent are black. The study, by John Morning and
Press release/statement
There is a tax on the 1 percent that Washington should be considering: A financial-transaction tax—better known as a financial speculation tax (FST).
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Wallace C. Turbeville
I have often thought, “If education is expensive, try ignorance.”
In the media
Larry Doyle

African Americans remain disproportionately excluded from corporate and nonprofit board membership in New York City.

Research
New report shows how a pattern of college disinvestment is leading to stagnant graduation rates and skyrocketing levels of student debt.
Press release/statement
New Orleans, LA, Sept.
Blog
J. Mijin Cha
Here we go again. Another round of the game we call Congressional Creep. After months of haggling and debate, Congress finally passes reform legislation to fix a serious rupture in the body politic, and the president signs it into law. But the fight’s just begun, because the special interests
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Bill Moyers