Improving healthcare for U.S. veterans is Americans’ top legislative priority for Washington to focus on, out of nine issues now or recently in the national spotlight. Nearly nine out of 10 Americans say it is “extremely” (41%) or “very important” (46%) that the president and Congress deal with veterans’ healthcare […] Read more »
For 2016 Hopefuls, Washington Experience Could Do More Harm than Good
As the 2016 presidential campaign begins to take shape, Washington experience has become less of a potential asset for those seeking the White House. A new national survey testing candidate traits finds that 30% would be less likely to support a candidate with “many years” of experience as an elected […] Read more »
Professors Are Prejudiced, Too
In the world of higher education, we professors like to believe that we are free from the racial and gender biases that afflict so many other people in society. But is this self-conception accurate? To find out, we conducted an experiment. CONT. Dolly Chugh, Katherine L. Milkman & Modupe Akinola, […] Read more »
Life in College Matters for Life After College
When it comes to being engaged at work and experiencing high well-being after graduation, a new Gallup-Purdue University study of college graduates shows that the type of institution they attended matters less than what they experienced there. Yet, just 3% of all the graduates studied had the types of experiences […] Read more »
UConn Poll: Americans who know about Common Core are likely to be skeptical of it
The more Americans know about the Common Core Standards Initiative, the less likely they are to think it will achieve its goal of improving nationwide education outcomes in reading, writing, and math for K-12 students, according to a UConn Poll released Monday. The survey found that just 39 percent of […] Read more »
Americans On the Use of Race as a Factor in College Admissions
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the state of Michigan’s ban on considering race as a factor in admissions to the state’s public colleges and universities, government contracting, and public employment. … This whole area of focus on affirmative action is not only controversial, but also complex and somewhat difficult […] Read more »