Politicians Can’t Seem to do it, But These Citizens are Learning How to Find Common Ground, Washington Post, 7/21

By: David J. Smith, July 26, 2017 I’d like to recommend this article  written by Washington Post reporter Colby Itkowitiz as a model of what one person can do to work across the divide.   It focuses on the efforts of Donna Murphy and her working with Better Angels, an organization based in Ohio strivingContinueContinue reading “Politicians Can’t Seem to do it, But These Citizens are Learning How to Find Common Ground, Washington Post, 7/21”

Deep Partisan Divide on Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, 7/11

By: David J. Smith, July 11, 2017 I’ve blogged (and reposted articles) before about the political and social divide in the U.S. (“College Freshmen: The Most Polarized in 50 Years,” The Atlantic, 5/2; “E pluribus unum: Out of many, one,” 11/8; “Community Colleges and the Fulbright Program: Promoting Global Education in a Divided Nation,” CommunityContinueContinue reading “Deep Partisan Divide on Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, 7/11”