By CHRIS POWELL With the Trump administration beating up on higher education and especially colleges and universities with the biggest endowments, which are now to be brutally taxed by the federal government, Yale University seems to have decided to guard against being seen as pretentious. School finance study committee is rigged in favor of educatorsContinue reading “Yale’s new mission statement may be a little too pedestrian”
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Throwing money at schools hides the learning problem
By CHRIS POWELL While Governor Lamont has proposed a state budget that would increase spending by $1.2 billion or 4.4%, it has prompted furious if predictable complaints from municipal school systems, higher educators, hospitals, social service agencies, and others. They say the governor’s budget isn’t nearly enough, even though the his proposal comes within aContinue reading “Throwing money at schools hides the learning problem”
Why have Democrats failed to reduce Yale’s big tax break?
By CHRIS POWELL How much is Yale University worth to New Haven, the state, and the country? Yale is the city’s largest employer and, while its educational property is exempt from property taxes, the university is still the city’s third-largest taxpayer. Complete immigration reform is easy, and Democrats will reject it Secret payments are corruptContinue reading “Why have Democrats failed to reduce Yale’s big tax break?”
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