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January 20th, 2011 - 1:36 pm § in America

Republicans Propose $2,500,000,000,000 in cuts.

Here is the List (below the break). The list intentionally excludes defense and homeland security. Much of it borders on facetious. There are a few attacks on education, cultural  and academic areas (in blue) but the surprises are in what is left out.  There are no proposed reductions in: Agricult[...]

January 20th, 2011 - 9:30 am § in America, Schools & Colleges

What would happen if Apple stopped creating new products?

There is a lot of fantasy going on about ways of cutting costs at public universities while somehow compensating with scholarships or creating private endowments for public  schools. AINT gonna happen! Here in Washington state, the state part of the cost of higher ed is already down to 30% … [...]