Brian O'Leary

1 month ago | chartist.org.uk | Brian O'Leary |Woodford Green CLP

This book crudely sees the command economy of the USSR as synonymous with communism. Its collapse in the 1990’s also damned for the author any other attempted communism….and socialism. Other members of the Soviet bloc, and even China, all suffered from the same ‘…fateful flaw’ that condemned them to the same end. The book stands or falls on the veracity of this claim.

Oct 10, 2024 | chronicle.com | Brian O'Leary |Brian F. O’Leary |Katherine Mangan

For more than a decade, college officials have watched their incoming classes steadily shrink, nudging them closer and closer to an enrollment cliff that experts say campuses could be tumbling off in the next year or two. Civil-rights advocates, higher-education officials, and politicians have long tussled over how best to boost the college-enrollment rate for students of color and reconcile with the sector’s racist past.

Apr 5, 2024 | chronicle.com | Brian O'Leary

See the latest federal data on compensation for all ranks of the profession at thousands of American colleges.

Oct 18, 2023 | chronicle.com | Francie Diep |Brian O'Leary |Brian F. O’Leary

Starting in March 2020, when former President Donald Trump announced that the Covid-19 pandemic was a national emergency, Americans with federal student loans did not have to make any payments. But, after more than three years and numerous extensions — by both the Trump and Biden administrations — required payments began earlier this month. That’s generated fresh talk about the nearly $1.8 trillion in student debt that Americans carry. But how much should a person go into debt for college?

Sep 13, 2023 | chronicle.com | Emma Pettit |Brian O'Leary |Randy Lyhus

Over the past two and a half years, combatting perceived out-of-control leftism in higher education has become not only a salient conservative talking point but a legislative priority in some states. Since 2021, Republican state lawmakers have advanced bills that aim to restrict how “divisive concepts” and other ideas can be discussed on campus.