Ohio Higher Education's Funding Problem
In the fall of 1989, the tuition at Cleveland State University was approximately $2,100 a year. In 2026 dollars, that amounts to $5,457. At the same time, minimum wage in 1989 was $3.35 an hour or $8.70/hr. when adjusted for inflation. By the time I graduated, tuition had increased to about $2,500 a year ($5,433 in 2026 dollars), . . .
DEI for Me but not for Thee
DEI for Me but Not for Thee1
Many of you will be happy to know that diversity, equity, and inclusion training is alive and well at least one Ohio campus. I received an email back in September informing me that YSU would be offering training that is "designed to provide faculty, staff and select graduate students with a baseline . . .
The Digital Guilded Age
Move over Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Vanderbilt, the new tech giants are hear to start a new age of unchecked growth and inequality. Just like their 20th Century counterparts, a favorable tax environment coupled with a disregard for the environment (social and natural) is back in style:
Dismantling Public Education in Ohio
“Ohio GOP threatens to cut school funding, calling spending 'unsustainable'” 5 News Cleveland
Genuinely perplexed at the mental gymnastics state lawmakers must do when addressing education in Ohio:
Put in place an unconstitutional funding scheme for K-12 education.
Complain that public schools are failing . . .
Chipping Away at the Wall Between Church and State
The Case Against Vouchers
Dr. Josh Cowen of Michigan State University author of The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers. A special thanks to my former colleague Dr. Thomas Shipka for recommending this interview.
