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Millennials & Generation Z differ with their predecessors

Millennials & Generation Z differ with their predecessors

❝ No longer the new kids on the block, Millennials have moved firmly into their 20s and 30s, and a new generation is coming into focus. Generation Z – diverse and on track to be the most well-educated generation yet – is moving toward adulthood with a liberal set of attitudes and an openness to emerging social trends.

❝ On a range of issues, from Donald Trump’s presidency to the role of…

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Separating Feelings from Facts is Hard to Do--Just Ask Terry Hartle

Separating Feelings from Facts is Hard to Do–Just Ask Terry Hartle

Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president at the American Council on Education, has an interesting essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Hartle, who at one time worked for the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Cape Pogue), is a policy wonk—and I mean that in the nicest possible way. There is no one whose take on what’s happening in higher education from a federal funding or regulatory…

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Republicans sing, "Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to be college graduates!"

Republicans sing, “Mommas, don’t let your babies grow up to be college graduates!”

❝ Most Republicans think colleges are bad for the country, and the vast majority think the news media is too, according to new data from the Pew Research Center. The Pew study, conducted from June 8 to 18 among more than 2,000 respondents, found that Democrats and Republicans are growing substantially more divided in their opinions on public institutions. ❝ According to the survey results…

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Pew Analysis Finds No Relationship Between Drug Imprisonment and Drug Problems

Pew Analysis Finds No Relationship Between Drug Imprisonment and Drug Problems

❝ On June 19, 2017, The Pew Charitable Trusts submitted a letter to the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, outlining an analysis of whether state drug imprisonment rates are linked to the nature and extent of state drug problems — a key question as the nation faces an escalating opioid epidemic. Pew compared publicly available data from law enforcement,…

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#PABudget: Senate President Jake Corman Admits Why ALEC and Hedge Fund Managers Want Pension Reform

#PABudget: Senate President Jake Corman Admits Why ALEC and Hedge Fund Managers Want Pension Reform

Last month, when the Pennsylvania House Republicans sunk the pension reform bill – a part of the budget package that Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans, House Democrats and Democratic Governor Tom Wolf agreed upon – Senate President Jake Corman stood on the capitol rotunda steps taking verbal jabs at House Democrats for abandoning their governor and conservative House Republicans for not…

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Examining public perceptions of privacy and security in the post-Snowden era

Examining public perceptions of privacy and security in the post-Snowden era

Summary of Findings

Privacy evokes a constellation of concepts for Americans—some of them tied to traditional notions of civil liberties and some of them driven by concerns about the surveillance of digital communications and the coming era of “big data.” While Americans’ associations with the topic of privacy are varied, the majority of adults in a new survey by the Pew Research Center feel…

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Teenagers – behaving recklessly on social media websites

Pew Foundation has been working on a report based on the answers received from 802 adolescents that had to respond to questions regarding social media usage. The Teens, Social Media and Privacy paper has revealed some disturbing facts about how teenagers easily agree to post sensitive and private information on social networks, disregarding any danger. [...]

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