At $1.5 million per job, the new incentive package from the state is at least 15 times the norm. For this much money, the state could have just handed out a million bucks to 827 people, instead of creating 550 jobs.
Ted joined Jeff Daly to discuss the university student protests erupting across the nation on the Israel/Palestine conflict, why it’s so dangerous for society if the media abandons facts in favor of narratives, why that allows government to spin away the problems like crime and financial crises, why it causes the voting public to become apathetic, and more.
When you hear the complaints from Illinois politicians, remember the hypocrisy: 40,000 bused to Chicago, but 161,562 allowed to fly directly to Florida.
Nearly one year ago, Chicagoans cheered Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s removal from office. In her place was Brandon Johnson, who promised a more inclusive approach to building a “better, stronger, safer Chicago.” It hasn’t turned out that way. Today, there’s little disagreement that Mayor Johnson has disappointed on most key issues. On crime. On policing. On migrants. On education. On governance. Even on foreign affairs.
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I didn’t read the article as I refuse the paywall. However, I think how higher ed funding is allocated amongst the state colleges in IL is important based on outcomes and equity. For over a decade now UIUC has received an inordinate amount of the funding while actively pursuing a strategy of growing a massive concentration of foreign students – that’s NOT the role of a state college. In NC the state legislature limited out of state students to no more than 10%, e.g. at UIUC no more than 10% of the incoming Freshman class in the School of Business… Read more »
Realistically, many of those foreign students at UIUC are likely spies stealing our agricultural and information technology.
https://www.agweb.com/news/business/technology/while-america-slept-china-stole-farm
Which is typical of IL policies, to be totally stupid about security and then scream RACIST when anyone says Hey maybe 1/3rd of students shouldn’t be foreigners…
Lawmakers and advocates are especially focused on boosting outcomes for Black undergraduate students because that group has experienced the steepest enrollment losses—plummeting 34% between 2013 and 2019 compared to 25.9% for white students and 19.4% for all undergraduates.“It’s important for us to look at our enrollment of African American students—it’s not where it should be,” said state Rep. Carol Ammons, a co-chair of the 33-member commission who sponsored the bill that created it. “I don’t see how we get to equity without looking at reality.” VS. https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/10/06/study-black-borrowers-more-likely-never-be-able-repay-student-debt Study: Black Borrowers More Likely to Never Be Able to Repay Student Debt… Read more »
Higher education needs to be a value proposition. Rep. Carol Ammons idea to enroll more low income black students into low quality public universities and saddle them with debt for their rest of their lives is, quite honestly: RACIST
Any time race is factored in or even mentioned, it is, by definition, RACISM.
I hope to live to see the days that a person’s race, ethnicity, and biological sex are NOT mentioned, factored in, or alluded to.
All of these subdivisions serve no purpose, but to disrupt and divide.