Another Stupid Government Shutdown
The United States is plowing headlong into another government shutdown, the 15th since the 1980 court ruling that government agencies didn’t have the authority to operate during a shutdown.
Read MoreThe United States is plowing headlong into another government shutdown, the 15th since the 1980 court ruling that government agencies didn’t have the authority to operate during a shutdown.
Read MoreThe U.S. News & World Report has released their 2023-2024 Best Colleges ranking, and 10 Indiana schools have made the list.
Read MoreI have long doubted claims of China’s economic and military ascendancy.
Read MoreBall State University’s Department of Special Education and Department of Educational Psychology, both in the University’s Teachers College, were awarded a $1,999,999 grant from the United States Department of Education as part of the Institute of Education Sciences and the Special Education Research Grants Program.
Read MoreWork from home continues to grow at a reasonably steady pace.
Read More11 Indiana-based colleges have been named on The Wall Street Journal’s list of best colleges.
Read MoreI gave testimony this week in front of the state’s new Health Care Cost Oversight Task Force.
Read MoreThe Hoosier STEM Academy has been awarded a 2023 STEM Teacher Recruitment Grant for over $722,000 from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
Read MoreBy Michael J. Hicks Guest Columnist Any occasional reader of this column will know that I write often about the importance of quality of life in a region’s economy. Much of my technical research in academic journals and writing with think tanks, like Brookings, also involves the role … Read More
In my line of work, it is helpful to look back from time to time and assess one’s mistakes.
Read MoreBall State University’s Office of Industry Engagement hosted a gathering of local leaders and alumni on Wednesday, Aug. 2, in the South Bend-Elkhart region for “An Evening with Ball State University.”
Read MoreAmerica’s populist movements, on both the left and right, are wedded to the notion that our past was better than our present.
Read MoreBusiness news is filled with new job creation numbers.
Read MoreThe economic view of growth is pretty simple.
Read MoreIndependence weekend is time to do many things.
Read MoreBy Michael Hicks Guest Columnist It does not sound very exciting, but the past 25 years have seen an explosion of new data about jobs, wages and educational outcomes. As with any new technology, some places are using it very effectively, while others lag substantially. I’m particularly impressed … Read More