James L. Perry, Indiana University
On top of efforts to fire potentially tens of thousands of federal workers, an early executive order from President Donald Trump’s second term seeks to reclassify the employment status...
Chris Impey, University of Arizona
America has already lost its global competitive edge in science, and funding cuts proposed in early 2025 may further a precipitous decline.
Proposed cuts to the...
Zachary Price, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Because of the Trump administration’s efforts to cut staff and spending, Congress’ “power of the purse” has been in the news lately. Many...
Tilanka Chandrasekera, Oklahoma State University
Generative artificial intelligence tools can help design students by making hard tasks easier, cutting down on stress, and allowing the students more time to explore innovative ideas, according to...
Patrick J. Schena, Tufts University
Could the United States soon be joining the likes of Norway, Kuwait and Mongolia in having a national reserve to invest on projects of strategic interest? If President Donald...
Allison Stanger, Middlebury
Elon Musk’s role as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, is on the surface a dramatic effort to overhaul the inefficiencies of federal bureaucracy. But...
Yu Zhou, Vassar College
When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’ll be accompanied by a coterie of China hawks, all vowing to use tariffs and export bans to stop Beijing from challenging...
Nancy Forster-Holt, University of Rhode Island; Cassidy Creech, Utah State University, and James Davis, Utah State University
Succession planning is one of the biggest challenges family businesses face, with aging leaders often reluctant to...
