By Rick Rivera, MBA/MPP candidate 2018 Welcome to a new year with the Policy Forum. We are so glad to be back, reorganized and energized after a long summer hiatus. While, as a student-led publication, we’re closely tied to the academic year, a large part of why we’ve been gone so long is the transition … Continue reading The Dog Days Are Over: a Letter From the Editor
By Rick Rivera, MBA/MPP Candidate 2018 Philosophy Professor David Heller was, by all accounts, a brilliant man. Respected by colleagues and students for his dedication and intellectual rigor, his life reflected the core question of his course Ethics, Persons and Values: “Can we be happy without leading a good life?” And, while those close to … Continue reading Surviving the Next Leap Forward
Beki McElvain, BA Public Policy, 2014 In his January 2014 State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama talked about wages, healthcare, inequality in the workplace, and foreign policy. He also talked a bit about education, but here – while I found myself clapping along with the others on the previous topics – I wasn’t … Continue reading Hero Culture in Education
