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This means that where college graduates could once expect to live about two years longer than non-college graduates, they’re now unlikely to face their mortality for an additional eight years.
The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students is a 1987 book by the philosopher Allan Bloom, in which the author criticizes the openness of relativism, in academia and society in general, as leading paradoxically to the great closing referenced in the book's title.
Thick: And Other Essays is a collection of essays "about how American culture treats black women". [3] McMillan Cottom centers her personal experience as a Southern black public intellectual, and writes on topics such as the loss of a child, sexual abuse, body image, and beauty politics. [4]
As America shifts into 2025, many changes are coming, But amid a new GOP-led Congress and a presidential inauguration, a few steadfast things remain, like American's money woes, ongoing foreign ...
Why Liberalism Failed is a critique of political, social, and economic liberalism as practiced by both American Democrats and Republicans.According to Deneen, "we should rightly wonder whether America is not in the early days of its eternal life but rather approaching the end of the natural cycle of corruption and decay that limits the lifespan of all human creations."
Bob Stevenson—the Mary Poppins team—in live-action films; Dick and Bob Sherman, the Academy Award–winning hundred competitors, for a special project run jointly by the 5 University Religious Conference and the Ford Foundation to combat the negative image of America in India. It was called, simply, “Project India.” Beginning in 1952 ...
In 2007, more than 50 percent of college graduates had a job offer lined up. For the class of 2009, fewer than 20 percent of them did. According to a 2010 study, every 1 percent uptick in the unemployment rate the year you graduate college means a 6 to 8 percent drop in your starting salary—a disadvantage that can linger for decades.
Their stories highlight a tragic reality of America's youth incarceration system — where you live dictates how you’re treated. The difference matters. Getting involved with the justice system is one of the fastest ways to end a teenager’s potential for becoming a successful adult.