Follow up: Monkeypox cases to hit 100,000 in August
First, we have this forecast from May which projected that everyone in the world would have monkeypox by the end of June. Not a parody. Self-described epidemiologist, nutritionist and health…
The college education trap
Most of the “return on investment” value of a college education goes to “people who come from affluent families and attend selective institutions”. One-third of college students will never complete…
26-Demographics: Percent that speak other than English, at home
From the United States Census Percent of Population that spoke a language other than English at home: 1975: 5.7 1980: 11% 1990: 13.8% 2000: 17.5% 2010: 20.5% 2019: 21.2% What…
25- Demographics: Pandemic policy effects on students may last decades
Just as WW2 impacted population demographics and age distributions up to the present, the policies (most of which did not work) of public health will cost society and individuals for…
24-Demographics: Portugal introduces new visa to address worker shortage
“For the promotion of orderly and regulated safe migration and in the fight against the shortage of manpower, a new type of visa has been created, specifically a visa for…
23-Demographics: Another University acknowledges fewer students
The University of Portland sees 21% of students who had made down payments for fall enrollment – disenroll. The university acknowledges that population demographics are playing a role: Some 82%…