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Visa Restrictions for International Students Hurt Local Economies
How US policy is squandering a national asset and harming local communities.
Jul 20
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World Cup Visitors Remind Americans to Celebrate Our 250th Birthday
The US Semiquincentennial felt like a bust until the foreigners arrived for soccer.
Jun 29
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Ryan M Allen
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The Curious Case of Youngening Grad Students
Grad students have gotten young, with reverberations on both colleges and surrounding communities.
Jun 15
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Nico Hohman
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The 16% of Dangerous Drivers Dilemma
This small subset of drivers makes our streets even more dangerous.
Jun 3
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Ryan M Allen
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Bicentennial on Semiquincentennial: Did the Smartest Guys in 1976 Predict 2026?
A National Geographic from 1976 offers a glimpse into the hopes and fears of America's future.
May 12
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Ryan M Allen
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Fantastical Adaptive Reuse: The Story of Fu Ren University, Beijing, China.
From a prince's palace, then a Catholic school ordained by the Pope, to a modern national university.
Apr 20
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Ryan M Allen
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The US Needs a New Space Race
Artemis II is the first leg of the Space Race with China with the end goal of a university on the Moon.
Apr 9
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Ryan M Allen
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What China Has Planned For Higher Ed By 2030
Commentary on the higher education plans within the Chinese 15th Five-Year Plan.
Mar 16
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Ryan M Allen
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The Dashboard That Cried Wolf
Trump's new higher ed foreign gift dashboard is an overpromised, contextless mess.
Feb 24
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Ryan M Allen
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Waymo Hits a Kid Walking to School: Crash Analysis
I visit the site where a self-driving car made international headlines for not being a tragedy.
Feb 11
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Ryan M Allen
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The Education and Urbanism of Breaking Away
From limestone quarries to the National Championship: How this 1979 film captures the evolution of Indiana University, Bloomington, and the classic…
Jan 19
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Ryan M Allen
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Why Parents Tolerate Terrible School Car Pickup Lines
A tragedy strikes the my own community. We failed this boy and his family by placating drivers over everything else.
Dec 5, 2025
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Ryan M Allen
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