Income mobility is on the rise according to the U.S. Census Bureau. After stagnating for nearly two decades, the incomes of ordinary American households are finally picking up. Of course, these numbers deserve context. Wages and incomes fell so far during the Great Recession that median household income, as measured by the Census Bureau, is […]
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Higher Education for Adults Increasingly Means Enrolling in College Alternatives
For more than 50 years in this country, ever since baby boomers started graduating from high school in the mid-1960s, there has been an assumption that individuals with high school diplomas in hand would follow one of two tracks – college or no college. And even though the definition of “college” has changed dramatically over […]
How Erosion of Trust in Media May Affect PR Pros
Data from Gallup shows that confidence in newspapers and TV news are at an all-time low, and as PR professionals this should be concerning for a number of reasons. First, in the big picture, the erosion in trust in the media mimics the erosion of trust in most other American institutions — like the Catholic […]
@GCTigerTracker: The Man for This Twitter Moment
We all know that Twitter can be annoying. Its cacophony of voices screaming 24/7, its herd mentality taken to the nth degree and its perpetually haranguing (and harangued) character @realDonaldTrump hovering over it all, like a big orange balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. But there are some people who are tailor-made for Twitter, and […]
PR Opportunities and Pitfalls as Presidential Candidates Talk Higher Ed Policy
Can a Politician Be “Wonky” and Still Persuasive? In an age when the President calls opponents of his Iran deal “ignorant,” and the leading Republican candidate for President calls supporters of the deal “stupid,” it may seem that the level of political discourse has gotten about as low as it can go, with the idea […]
Bite the Bullet: The Case for the Business Blog Part II
If you’re still uncertain about the wisdom of launching a blog on your business website, don’t think of yourself as stubborn; think of yourself as pragmatic. After all, if an endeavor requires your time, money and effort – and creating an effective blog most certainly does – it should stand up to scrutiny and a […]
Bite the Bullet: The Case for the Business Blog Part I
You may not subscribe to any blogs, but there’s a good chance that you read some bit of news, information or opinion from a blog every week. Blogs appear when you search online for information, open a link from a social media post, click on a news alert or download an article from an electronic […]