Nobody doubts that North Carolina’s colleges, universities, and community colleges are valuable resources for the state. Still, these institutions incessantly bang the drum heralding their own value—complete with studies filled…
Making news across the state this day is a study out of UNC Chapel Hill that newspaper headlines are claiming shows that North Carolina’s 2002 Clean Smokestacks Bill (CSB) is…
View in your browser. Making news across the state in recent days is a study out of UNC Chapel Hill that newspaper headlines are claiming shows that North Carolina’s 2002…
The most powerful special-interest group in North Carolina is never satisfied. Not even when education reformers in the General Assembly approve an average 7% raise for public school teachers. The…
George Leef explains for Forbes readers why more college education doesn’t necessarily translate into greater economic prosperity. People (and countries) with little education are mostly poor, while people (and countries)…
That’s the “finding” of research sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation. Read about it here. For the zillionth time regarding claims of benefits about college, correlation does not imply causation.
That’s what Gene Healy calls Washington, DC. in this Examiner piece. I particularly like the way he pummels Dave Leonhardt, the economically clueless economics writer for the New York Times.…
Jenna, Doesn’t the entire higher education establishment base its existence on a misunderstanding of correlation and causation? We often hear that young people need a college education to succeed in…
George, we’ve heard for years that the average college graduate has a much greater lifetime earning potential than the average non-graduate. If that’s true, are people mistaking a correlation for…
You know, come to think of it, virtually everyone who has visited “The Locker Room” in the past week is still alive today. Suggested promo: “John Locke Foundation Bloggers: Exposing…
You know, I’m coming around to the idea of correlation equalling causality. This could come in handy. For example, virtually everyone who has read “The Locker Room” in the past…
That report is pitiful. Correlation doesn’t mean causation. Otherwise, telephones “cause” heart disease (you should see the correlation!). I’ve never understood the left’s problem with “sprawl” anyway. Talk about inventing…