Category Archives: Upward Mobility

The United States Women’s Inclusion, Justice, and Security Index of 2020

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

We summarize the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GWIPS) 2020 indexing of the status of women by state, in the areas of Inclusion, Justice, and Security.  We then compare this to the new imposition of laws limiting abortion … Continue reading →

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The International Democracy Survey of 2022

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

For most countries, there are few changes from the Survey of 2021, which we recently put up.  The 2022 survey includes events through 2021.  The 2022 Survey is at V-dem.org.  It is a compilation of ratings from 0 to 1 … Continue reading →

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A Day of Rememberance

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

This is a day when cumulative stories are all pointing to how we are going backwards on equity, gender, and Democracy.  Rather than the usual morality arguments on why all of them have bad sides, I need only present them … Continue reading →

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University Aid to High School Teaching and Educational Equality

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Dennis SILVERMAN

University Departments’ Aid to High School Teaching and Educational Equality in the Time of the Pandemic. We are immediately concerned about the behavior of Police Departments to Black Americans, but this is just the tip of the iceberg of racial … Continue reading →

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The Club of Rome World Projections to the Year 2050

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

“Transformation is feasible”.  “How to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Within Planetary Boundaries.” A Report to the Club of Rome from the Stockholm Resilience Center and the BI Norwegian Business School.  They use a model with many development factors to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 Midterm Election, Affairs of State, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Economies, Education, Fossil Fuel Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ocean Acidification, Paris Climate Accord, Poverty, Renewable Energy, Smog worldwide, United Nations, Upward Mobility, Wealth, Women’s Rights, World Smog | Leave a comment

No Racial Discrimination in College Admissions, Really?

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Dennis SILVERMAN

No Racial Discrimination in College Admissions, Really? The point is simple. Minorities have been discriminated against all of their lives, and their parents’ lives, and so on. Attention to a full student evaluation for minorities is the last attempt to … Continue reading →

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Please Teach Trump What Bastille Day Celebrates

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Please Teach Trump What Bastille Day Celebrates Trump, having witnessed the Bastille Day or French National Day Parade, has decided that he needs that pomp of having a July 4 Parade next year showing off our military hardware. France’s parade … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Racist and Bigoted Anthem of Refugees as Deadly Snakes

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Trump’s Racist and Bigoted Anthem of Refugees as Deadly Snakes   In the landmark 100 day Trump-Trods-Triumphant speech in Pennsylvania, Trump tripled down on the song “The Snake”. Trump has made it clear that he means this as applying to … Continue reading →

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UC Irvine Return on Investment by Major for Your College Degree

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

PayScale has put out its Return On Investment (ROI) results for twenty years after graduation for 2017.  It computes an overall graduate ROI, and separate ROIs for eight majors or groups of majors.  The PayScale ROI website is http://www.payscale.com/college-roi The … Continue reading →

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Mobility Rates for California University Students from Bottom to Top Quintiles

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Mobility Rates for California University Students From Bottom to Top Quintiles We have looked at the data file for the Equality of Opportunity upward mobility study, that was discussed two previous articles. Here we present the Mobility rate for children … Continue reading →

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