Category: Politics

2011, Politics, Research/Policy

What the President’s Budget Really Need(s/ed) To Do

By Watson Scott Swail, President & CEO, Educational Policy Institute/ EPI International The pundits are now coming out of the woodwork to discuss the President’s budget, which is unlikely to even remotely pass the way it is currently packaged, and as House Republicans plan on cutting much more liberally (no pun intended) than the President. In total, the President’s budget cuts approximately $1 trillion over … Continue reading What the President’s Budget Really Need(s/ed) To Do

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2010, Politics, Research/Policy

Merry Christmas: The Lasting Impact of the Economy and a Congress that Apparently Doesn’t Give a Damn

By Dr. Watson Scott Swail, CEO, Educational Policy Institute Okay, I could have written a softer, nicer, gentler, “funner” piece for Xmas. But I received an email yesterday from the Southern Education Foundation that said that “extreme poverty in the United States increased during 2009 by 12.9 percent, expanding the number of people living below 50 percent of the poverty threshold by more than 2.1 … Continue reading Merry Christmas: The Lasting Impact of the Economy and a Congress that Apparently Doesn’t Give a Damn

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2010, Politics, Student Success

Being Thankful

by Watson Scott Swail, CEO, Educational Policy Institute/EPI International In the United States, Americans will celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow, which is basically an opportunity to watch football, eat and drink too much, and spend time with relatives that you have desperately tried to avoid for the previous 364 days. Okay, not always true: sometimes you don’t eat too much. Thanksgiving has traditionally been held … Continue reading Being Thankful

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2010, College Affordability, Politics, Research/Policy

Taking it to the Streets: Student Protests and Higher Education Policy

by Watson Scott Swail, CEO, Educational Policy Institute/EPI International This past Wednesday, British higher education students took to the streets of London to decry the Conservative government’s plans to significantly raise tuition fees. It has been reported that the government plans to raise the fees by as much as three times the current price to £9,000, or about $14,000 US/CDN. The protest involved an estimated … Continue reading Taking it to the Streets: Student Protests and Higher Education Policy

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2010, Politics

Learning to Give

I was going to write on the MESA project findings in Canada this week, a project led by EPI over the past five years in partnership with Queens University. However, I’ll put that off for another week due to an article in yesterday’s Globe and Mail.

It seems billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are in China on their international tour to recruit the richest people in the world to join the “Giving Club” (my coin, not theirs). Continue reading Learning to Give

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