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Guest post by Laura W. Perna The NPR segment “How the Cost of College Went from Affordable to Sky-High,” which was broadcast on March 18, 2014, touched on a number of important issues pertaining to the financing of higher education. Particularly problematic are the implications of declining college affordability for the economic and social stratification of our…
Recently, NPR’s Morning Edition featured a segment entitled “How the cost of college went from affordable to sky high.” For background, the story’s reporter turned to higher education scholar and author John Thelin. To continue the discussion, we asked Professor Thelin a few quick questions about higher education costs and how to deal with them. Q: How…
Today is the fifth and final in a series of brief podcast excerpts from The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementias, and Memory Loss. This bestselling title by Nancy L. Mace, M.A., and Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H., is in its fifth edition and is now available…
Today is the fifth and final in a series of brief podcast excerpts from The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementias, and Memory Loss. This bestselling title by Nancy L. Mace, M.A., and Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H., is in its fifth edition and is now available…
Guest Post by Beth McGinty and Colleen Barry Fourteen months ago, the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school prompted a national dialogue about gun violence. The weeks and months following the shooting provided a rare window of opportunity for policymakers to garner the public support and political will needed to strengthen gun laws in the…
Guest Post by Beth McGinty and Colleen Barry Fourteen months ago, the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school prompted a national dialogue about gun violence. The weeks and months following the shooting provided a rare window of opportunity for policymakers to garner the public support and political will needed to strengthen gun laws in the…
Hands down, Albert Einstein was THE giant of the twentieth century, and so it's only appropriate and expected that scholars and laypersons alike would continue to celebrate his life, work, and legacy in books, films, and other works well into the twenty-first century. No slouches here at JHU Press, we've been publishing books about Einstein…
Hands down, Albert Einstein was THE giant of the twentieth century, and so it's only appropriate and expected that scholars and laypersons alike would continue to celebrate his life, work, and legacy in books, films, and other works well into the twenty-first century. No slouches here at JHU Press, we've been publishing books about Einstein…
Guest post by Michael C. C. Adams We asked Professor Michael C. C. Adams to select some archival images to represent each chapter of his latest book, Living Hell: The Dark Side of the Civil War. Professor Adams’ explanation of each picture and its significance follows. Living Hell, Chapter One: Gone for a Soldier Bucking…
Today is the fourth in a series of brief podcast excerpts from The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementias, and Memory Loss. This bestselling title by Nancy L. Mace, M.A., and Peter V. Rabins, M.D., M.P.H., is in its fifth edition and is now available in an…