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October 10, 2024
Do Liberal Arts Colleges Pay Off? What the Data Say
…peers at other schools by $215,000. For nursing majors the gap is $146,000; for mathematics and statistics majors it is $101,000. It’s possible that the well-rounded undergraduate education at liberal…
October 9, 2024
Two Cheers for California’s Ban on Legacy Admissions
…more likely to be admitted to mom or dad’s alma mater than a non-legacy applicant with comparable test scores. The idea that a student should get a leg up because…
October 9, 2024
Kamala Harris’s Main Priority Is Expanding Welfare, Not Strengthening the Middle Class
Last week’s vice-presidential debate was chock-full of references to the middle class and plans to improve conditions for the middle class. That’s also a common refrain to the stump speech…
October 8, 2024
House Committee on Ways and Means Hearing on Misuse of TANF Funds
…reforming the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to better target families in need, connect people to work, and improve accountability. My name is Matt Weidinger, and I am…
October 8, 2024
Unplanned Obsolescence
…cheaper, and better. Call it “unplanned skills obsolescence.” For students and workers who have spent years acquiring coding skills, this is a matter of deep concern, and it focuses attention on…
October 3, 2024
The New “Old Girls Network” in the American Workplace
…actively plan and participate in workplace social events. Additionally, they are more likely to confide in their coworkers about personal matters. This stronger social connection translates into higher job satisfaction…
October 3, 2024
Stop the insanity. Our national debt now tops $35 trillion…
America’s political leaders have a spending problem. They know entitlement programs feature benefit promises far exceeding their tax base, but have done nothing to make them sound. Meanwhile, both parties demand…
September 23, 2024
The Last Bipartisan Policy
…puts a greater premium on real, meaningful learning, but also on less-tangible measures, like motivation and teachability, that matter in job performance. Removing degree requirements isn’t about competing with traditional…
September 23, 2024
Toward a Potential Grand Bargain for the Nation
…Democracy commissioned subject matter experts—progressives, centrists, and conservatives—to develop a “Grand Bargain” encompassing all six issues. The policy debate typically puts these problems into silos, and within each silo, powerful…
September 20, 2024
Don’t Believe the Doomsayers. The American Dream Is Still In Reach for Young People
…gaps remain. While a person’s race matters increasingly less, there are community level characteristics whose absence or presence more directly drive individual prospects of upward or downward mobility. Indeed, this…