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Updates for March 10, 2010
UGA study explores belief in rumor that Obama is Muslim
Posted from University of Georgia in news on March 10th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Exposure to news media has long been thought to help create a more informed and politically educated citizenry, but a new University of Georgia study finds that media exposure did little to correct a significant misperception during the most recent presidential campaign.
Approximately 20 percent of Americans believed that then-Senator Barack Obama was a Muslim during [...]
Updates for March 9, 2010
‘Race to the top’ message lost in public education
Posted from Rutgers University in New Brunswick in opinion on March 9th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
By: Stephen Lee
Mayor-for-life Michael Bloomberg has decided to attack the public school system by shutting down the bottom 10 percent of schools in his third term as mayor of New York City. This decision is propagated by President Barack Obama’s “Race to the…
Federal Funding and Expenditures Threaten Howard’s Operations
Posted from Howard University in news on March 9th, 2010 at 9:02 am
By: RILEY WILSON
Even though President Obama recently signed the HBCU Initiative, Howard University may still be in financial trouble. Since 1879, Howard has received funds from the federal government to help with operations. Yet, because the government’s annual app…
Obama to appeal for public support for health care reform
Posted from Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge in news on March 9th, 2010 at 1:17 am
By: The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — With the fate of his signature legislative initiative far from certain, President Barack Obama is taking his last-ditch push for health care reform on the road. In a speech Monday in Philadelphia, Obama will try to persuade the pub…
Congress is not for the people
Posted from Marshall University in Huntington West Virginia in opinion on March 9th, 2010 at 1:03 am
By: Jay Roudebush
The Common Cause
The vast majority of American voters do not care about the day to day affairs of the government. More Americans know who won the Oscar for Best Film than who the Chief of Staff for President Obama is. For the record it is Rahm Emanuel….
Updates for March 8, 2010
President abandons promise
Posted from Rutgers University in New Brunswick in opinion on March 8th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
By: James Winters
From the Desk of …
President Barack Obama has been preaching about bipartisanship since early 2009 on his campaign trail, saying “I know [Vice President Joe Biden] will be able to help me turn the page on the ugly partisanship in Washington so we can bring Democrats a…
Time to tone down the PC
Posted from North Carolina State University in opinion on March 8th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
By: Andrew Dworznicki, Staff Columnist
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano recently became the first member from the Obama administration to publicly describe the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas as “Violent Islamic Terrorism.” This is a major development in the way the admin…
Equality, Economics, and Health Care
Posted from Suffolk University in Boston MA in opinion on March 8th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
By: Ed Plamowski Jr.
Res Publica
in the debut of Res Publica, Ed Plamowski is wondering how can President Obama’s health care plan be fair and equal….
U’s switch to govt loans cuts out middleman
Posted from University of Utah at Salt Lake City in opinion on March 8th, 2010 at 8:20 am
By: Alicia Williams
The U’s not meekly waiting around to see if the Senate will pass President Barack Obama’s Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. Instead, it’s shrewdly chosen to join more than 2,000 other universities and colleges in eliminating the…
Bacow to serve on Obama’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Posted from Tufts University in news on March 8th, 2010 at 7:41 am
By: Martha Shanahan
Bacow hopes to use experiences from Tufts tenure to strengthen HBCUs
University President Lawrence Bacow on Feb. 26 was appointed a member of President Barack Obama’s reestablished President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), formed to provide advice on strengthening th…
Obama too silent on race, some academics say
Posted from Tufts University in news on March 8th, 2010 at 7:38 am
By: Brent Yarnell
Academics discuss Obama’s impact
A number of academics speaking over the weekend at Tufts during a two-day symposium “Barack Obama and American Democracy,” which gathered leading scholars to assess the implications of President Barack Obama’s presidency, expressed their…
Updates for March 7, 2010
Firing faculty necessary
Posted from Rutgers University in New Brunswick in opinion on March 7th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
By: The Daily Targum
Editorial
President Barack Obama’s harsh educational reforms have come under fire and while some may say firing faculty at public institutions is an unproven method of helping education, we believe reform is needed in order to truly increase school value. In …
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