This blog first appeared on the Bloomberg Businessweek website…….
Month: December 2012
Somebody has to articulate significance of fiscal cliff
CNN: Senior fellow Dan Glickman appeared on CNN Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien…….
Trained Incapacity: The Rise of Specialized Master’s Degrees
This blog first appeared on the Bloomberg Businessweek website. "Generalist species is able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions and can make use of a variety of different resources. A specialist species can only survive in a narrow range of environmental conditions." – Warren Bennis When I was president of the University of Cincinnati in the 1970s, the dean of the medical school poignantly remarked that the only generalist he could find at the hospital or in the faculty was the patient. That irony has come to mind frequently in the past year or so when I……
Celebrating the Season and Obama’s Victory: Will He Be a Great President?
Huffington Post: Senior fellow Derek Shearer blogs for the Huffington Post reminiscing about the election season…….
Immigration: Red, white, blue … and gray
Denverpost.com: Faculty fellow Roberto Suro blogs about the immigration reform needed in the United States…….
How the President Can Move the Debate on Resolving the Fiscal Cliff
Huffington Post: Senior fellow Dan Glickman tackles the issue of the Fiscal Cliff in his latest blog…….
Millions of Africans use cell phones for health news and information
WASHINGTON – Millions of Africans now receive critical health information on their cell phones, according to speakers at a CCLP forum here yesterday, with the Voice of America alone reaching tens of millions of Africans a week. "VOA's African Health Network is a multimedia initiative in thirteen languages that reaches 50 million people a week," said Nancy Coviello, the AHN's Project Manager. "Literally no one else is doing this – not the BBC, Deutsche Welle, not anyone that we can find."……