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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A new conventional wisdom has emerged that state funding cuts are the main factor behind increases in college tuition. So argues economics professor Doug Webber of Temple University in a recent column at FiveThirtyEight. The logic makes sense on its surface: when universities see their state appropriations decline, they must raise tuition to cover the shortfall. But there are several problems with this argument. For starters, it ignores the tuition increase at private universities. Since 2000, the net cost of attendance at a public four-year university has risen $5,610, according to the College Board. But the same figure for private nonprofit four-year universities is comparable , at $5,190. Private universities do not receive direct state appropriations, and so their tuition should be mostly unaffected by budget cuts. Since both the public and private sectors have experienced large price increases, this suggests that …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Joe Biden has picked a running mate and, while the election is still 64 days away, many are thinking about what a potential Biden administration might look like, including cabinet secretaries. It’s been reported that Senator Elizabeth Warren “ is definitely in the Cabinet ,” should she want it. While Treasury is often the role mentioned for Warren, her recent Democratic National Convention speech created a stir on social media with some saying she should become the next Secretary of Education . At the Democratic National Convention, Warren focused on the child care crisis the country is facing . Speaking from the Early Childhood Education Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, Warren talked about her personal struggle early in her career without child care and spoke of her beloved “Aunt Bee” who stepped in to help her, while championing Joe Biden’s plan to make high-quality child care affordable and provide universal …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The fact that governors and legislators in a dozen states have enacted income tax relief in the first half of 2021 is getting deserved coverage . All 12 of these income tax cuts have been approved by legislatures that are run by Republicans. Two of the 12 income tax cutting states, Wisconsin and Louisiana, have Democratic governors, while the other 10 state income tax cuts have been signed into law by GOP governors. At the same time that millions of red state taxpayers across the U.S. are benefitting from the enactment of income tax relief this year, millions more Americans residing in blue states will hang onto more of their income thanks to the failure of progressive tax hikes that had been proposed and rejected in a number of states where Democrats control state government. In Maine, for example, several bills to raise tax rates on upper income households have been pushed by legislative Democrats since the beginning of …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin After a 2020 that saw 10.1 million acres in the U.S. burned by wildfire, the second most since 1960, wildfire season is once again upon west coast communities. That, however, isn’t stopping California and Washington State officials from advancing a new policy that would reduce the number of fire engine fleets while saddling fire departments with responsibilities that have nothing to do with preventing, putting out, and mitigating the spread of fire. Such would be the result of Tacoma’s proposed takeover of EMS and ambulance services. Tacoma City Council Member Chris Beale explains how the city manager’s proposal to have the fire department takeover all EMS services, which are currently handled by a private company, will expand the department’s responsibilities: “The city is planning to take over Basic Life Transport Services (BLS) from the ambulance company AMR,” Council Member Beale told Grit City Magazine about the …

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MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mexicans vote Sunday (Aug 1) in a national referendum promoted by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on whether to investigate and prosecute his predecessors for alleged corruption. Lopez Obrador, a self-styled anti-graft crusader, says the public consultation will strengthen participatory democracy, but critics see it as little more than a political stunt. To be binding, 37.4 million people - 40 per cent of the electoral roll - must participate, but many voters appear unenthusiastic. While the "yes" vote could win up to 90 per cent, it will be difficult to achieve even 30 per cent turnout, said Roy Campos, director of the polling company Mitofsky. Rosario Gomez is among those who plan to vote at one of 57,000 ballot boxes set up by the electoral institute, compared with more than 160,000 for June's legislative and local elections. "It's about time these thieves pay!" the 52-year-old market vendor said. 'Political circus' Mexico is ranked …

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Image source: The Motley Fool. XPO Logistics Inc ( NYSE:XPO ) May 4, 2021 , 8:30 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Welcome to the XPO Logistics First Quarter 2021 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast. My name is Melissa, and I will be your operator for today's this call. [Operator Instructions] Please note, this conference is being recorded. Before the call begins, let me read a brief statement on behalf of the company regarding forward-looking statements and these non-GAAP financial measures. During this call, the company will be making certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the applicable securities laws, which, by their nature, involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For instance, there can be no assurance that the company's planned spinoff …

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This November was a good one for the market. The S&P 500 logged an 11% gain for the now-ended month, reversing losses logged during October as well as September. In fact, all of the major indices recently hit record highs. It would be short-sighted, however, to overlook the fact that energy stocks did more than their fair share of this heavy lifting. S&P 500 components Occidental Petroleum ( NYSE:OXY ) , Devon Energy ( NYSE:DVN ) , and Diamondback Energy ( NASDAQ:FANG ) were each up more than 70% in November, leading the sector's rebound from a rather rough October plunge. In fact, oil and gas stocks were more than ripe for a recovery this past month, having fallen nearly 40% from their June highs. The coronavirus pandemic really rattled the surprisingly sensitive energy market. If you're thinking this rebound marks the beginning of a bigger-picture recovery for oil and gas names, though, you may want to reconsider. The underlying dynamics of the sector …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The post-9/11 GI Bill (PGIB) is an enormous and generous education benefit package aimed at getting veterans into and through college. According to the authors of a new report published in the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), its annual price tag is more than $13 billion, which is more than all the grants and scholarships provided by all the states combined. They say it represents half of total Pell Grant spending. They also say the program isn’t working. For example, years after accepting the benefits of the PGIB and enrolling in college programs, the incomes of the veterans in the program are actually lower than if they’d not gone to college at all. That emerging reality is driven in part by the poor quality of the for-profit colleges many veterans are choosing - programs and degrees that, even when completed, return little to no value. On the surface, the failure of for-profit colleges and programs is not …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin How do you know that an industry has gone mainstream? When the federal government wants to subsidize it. Coding bootcamps are intensive courses in computer programming that span only a few months, making them a quicker alternative to a traditional college degree in computer science. Last week, the Obama administration announced a pilot program that would make a handful of these courses, along with other educational programs from nontraditional providers, eligible for federal student loans and Pell Grants. F rom among dozens of applicants, t he pilot program, known as Educational Quality through Innovation Partnerships (EQUIP), selected four coding bootcamps and four other programs and granted access to $17 million in aid funds to educate 1,500 students. Third grade students learn how to code at an Apple Store through Apple's 'Hour of Code' workshop ... [+] program on December 9, 2015 in New York City. …

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