College campus protests and the value of a degree

Make Me Smart

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4.6 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Protests over Israel’s war in Gaza have erupted at universities across the United States. We’ll discuss what the sweeping protests and other high-profile political battles at colleges could mean for the economics of higher education. And, what the Federal Reserve might look like under a second Donald Trump presidency. Plus, we’ll play a round of Half Full / Half Empty!

Here’s everything we talked about today:

- “Protests Threaten College Graduations, Denying Seniors Second Chance at Normalcy” from The New York Times

- “What students say about the protests rocking their campuses” from The Washington Post

- “Americans are falling out of love with the idea of college” from Noahpinion

- “Americans Are Losing Faith in College Education, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds” from The Wall Street Journal

- “Trump Allies Draw Up Plans to Blunt Fed’s Independence” from The Wall Street Journal

- “Job trend ‘resenteeism’ has employees coasting through workdays and hanging on, rather than quitting” from Fox Business

- “How science could disrupt the gin industry” from Marketplace

- “Celebs head to DC for correspondents’ dinner: Here’s who’s coming” from The Hill

- “California lawmakers are tired of Clear’s airport line-cutters — but airlines are not” from Fast Company

- “Christopher Bess, 5-year-old basketball coach, goes viral” from Marketplace

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