Published by josie@omahadail... on Thu, 02/01/2024 - 8:16am
Though college enrollment seems to be stabilizing after the pandemic disruptions, predictions for the next 15 years are grim. Colleges will be hurt financially by fewer tuition-paying students, and many will have to merge with other institutions or make significant changes to the way they operate if they want to keep their doors open.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 01/17/2024 - 5:00am
Mouthwatering scents fill the basement kitchen where Djamil Djibril Bah-Traore is teaching his latest class of students how to make their way in America.
He shows them how to chop vegetables, measure spices and prepare dishes for an upcoming event catered by House of Bah, the company and nonprofit foundation that Bah-Traore started.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 01/17/2024 - 4:00am
A phone fixation may seem at odds with an attraction to books. But the latter may offer a much-needed reprieve from the former.
In our recent study of American Gen Z and millennials, we discovered that 92% of them check social media daily; 25% of them check multiple times per hour.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 01/17/2024 - 3:00am
State Sen. Erika Geiss knew from personal experience what her proposed legislation could do for her constituents when she introduced a bill last summer that would provide Michiganders with paid family leave. Geiss, a Democrat, said there were times she had to unexpectedly miss votes to care for her child who has a rare form of juvenile cancer.
WAUKEGAN, Ill. — On a November afternoon inside Robert Abbott Middle School, six eighth grade girls quickly filed into a small but colorful classroom and seated themselves in a circle.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 10:42pm
Mark Twain apocryphally said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like.” This quote pithily underscores the human tendency to desire growth while also harboring strong resistance to the hard work that comes with it. I can certainly resonate with this sentiment.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 10:39pm
Eight months after states started dropping millions of low-income families from Medicaid rolls, grassroots groups say they are leading the push to re-enroll people denied coverage for bureaucratic reasons.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Thu, 01/04/2024 - 10:35pm
Tens of millions of people participated in Giving Tuesday this year, raising $3.1 billion in a single day for charities worldwide.
While these numbers may sound promising, they represent only a modest 0.6% increase over last year’s giving, which falls considerably short of the current 3.2% annual inflation rate.
Published by jason@omahadail... on Wed, 12/20/2023 - 5:00am
A donor-advised fund devoted to supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has leapt from being a relatively minor charity to one with an asset size comparable to behemoths like the Andrew W. Mellon and David and Lucile Packard foundations.