COVID-19 has magnified many of America’s already acute economic disparities. According to research by the Pew Research Center, those without any college education have fared particularly poorly in the economic contraction spawned by COVID. For instance, Pew reported that college graduates saw employment levels decrease 6 percent in the first months of the COVID downturn. […]
John Tourtelotte
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Colleges can lead on climate change
AT THEIR BEST, American universities and colleges are problem-solving institutions whose work is rooted in a set of universal values. This is a unique position in our society, one that allows professors, students, and alumni to draw on diverse expertise and skills to address the world’s most pressing challenges. Few challenges are as daunting, complex, […]