‘Fortunately, there is a simple solution,’ says Pomona College professor. gary smith In a modest proposal to fix university bureaucracy, he writes:
Smith explains that over 30 years, the number of professors at Pomona College has decreased from 180 to 175, but the number of administrators has increased from 56 to 310. This trend should continue, he suggests. Incentives for voluntary resignation. ”
Of course, in order to maintain the student-to-faculty ratio, Pomona enrolls fewer and fewer first-year students. “A notable side effect will be that Pomona’s U.S. News & World Report rankings will rise as Pomona’s enrollment rate approaches zero,” Smith wrote.
After a few more adjustments, Smith explains, higher education administrators will be able to get on with their jobs “without having to deal with whining students or grumpy professors at all.” . bliss.
Smith carefully explains the next steps and end result of his proposal, all the while solving future chatbot problems.
This plan cannot be met with any opposition and should be implemented as soon as possible. And, unfortunately, if it fails or the harvest is delayed, huge numbers of students and professors could easily be eaten.
A huge boost to immigration
America’s counties are hollowing out, and immigration is the only thing keeping them from accelerating.Some details from editorial committee: “From 2020 to 2023, immigration slowed population decline in more than 1,100 counties. … In 131 of those counties, immigration exceeded overall population growth.”
This phenomenon is further evidence that we should stop seeing immigration as a burden and start seeing it as an opportunity, and the best chance to save the economies of our core regions.
The committee presents the hardships associated with population decline (house prices, tax revenues, and business profits are constantly declining) and all the victories that immigration brings. There are clearly challenges and costs to attracting immigrants away from America’s largest cities and into stagnant cities in the middle, but they are well worth it, the committee wrote.
in fact, do not have We should consider having immigrants around us as a real burden.as Katherine Rampel “Do you want grandma to never retire?” I ask.
Immigrants, Catherine explains, are already doing jobs that native-born workers don’t do because they find them too difficult or difficult. Can not Do it because it’s too difficult. Immigrants are increasingly taking jobs that native-born workers would be happy to take…if there were more native-born workers.
“More specifically, workers are in such high demand right now that even the most marginal American workers, such as teenagers and people with disabilities, are outperforming in the labor market. “There is,” she wrote.
Indeed, jurisdictions may relax child labor laws (again, a modest suggestion!). But don’t you think there’s an easier solution at hand that’s better for everyone?
Chaser: Spanish babies’ busts also became high and dry during childbirth, Lee Hochstadter is written. We then provided a case study of how increased immigration can be successful.
Let me tommy tomlinson It takes you back 30,000 years to the beginnings of early humans and domestication, to the first person to say “ga-ga.” — Translation: “Good boy!” — and rubs the wolf’s belly.
Tomlinson writes that this was the world’s first dog and the greatest invention in human history.
Tomlinson is the author of a new book, “Dogland,” for which he traveled to dog shows around the country (“like the Grateful Dead tour with Milk Bones”) and ended up at the elite Westminster Dog Show. It’s over.
How far these noble hounds have come since the first wolves we domesticated, and how far we have come with them. This work is perfect to read if you love dogs. If you don’t, you might get convinced.
- Keith Richburg We report on South Africans who are rethinking Nelson Mandela’s legacy. For many young voters, he writes, Mandela secured people’s freedom but not hope.
- Alexandra Petri Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, and Walt Whitman share text messages exchanged about Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets’ Department.
- US and foreign militaries remain vulnerable to low-flying drones, senators warn. jack reed (DR.I.) and roger wicker (Mr. R).
Goodbye. It’s a haiku. That’s… Bye-Ku.
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