CVS shook the healthcare industry in December last year when it announced its purchase of Aetna. The drug store chain’s purchase of the insurance company highlighted the growing trend of mergers in the healthcare industry. Competition between companies for healthcare data, the shift to value-based care, and changing compensation models have played a large role … Read more
The two major college entrance exams in the United States are going digital. Since 2015, ACT Inc. has been offering a digital version of its exam that is now being taken by 8 percent of ACT test takers. The College Board, makers of the rival SAT exam, now also offers a computer option. But the … Read more
Many colleges and universities call Cambridge, Massachusetts home. These schools shape the city both economically and socially, with over 30 percent of Cambridge’s population being enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program. Couple that statistic with Harvard and MIT’s statuses as the two largest employers in the city and Cambridge stands out as a clear … Read more
Globalization and its effects on national labor markets is one of the most pertinent issues of our day. Debates on globalization have dominated the political sphere of late, as shown by their role in both Brexit and the 2016 US presidential race. These debates have centered on globalization’s effects on immigration, trade, and financial policy. … Read more
Since undergraduate housing assignments were first randomized in 1995, Housing Day at Harvard has grown to be a rite of passage for freshmen, as they anxiously await the hoards of rowdy upperclassmen “dorm storming” the freshman dorms and informing students of their housing assignments. However, for a handful of freshmen, housing day is bittersweet. Many … Read more
Despite declining levels of trust in the federal government, public confidence in local government has remained stable over the past three decades. Americans trust their local governments more than their state governments and the federal government. Moreover, Americans also think the quality of candidates for political office at the local level is higher than the … Read more
It was not long ago that then-governor Bill Clinton, running for president in 1992, publicly put a mentally ill man, Ricky Rey Rector, to death as evidence that he would be tough on crime. Having previously suffered an electoral defeat in Arkansas to an opponent who accused him of being soft on criminals, Clinton was … Read more
Protesters at a demonstration organized by Teens For Gun Reform According to a recent survey of 2,631 individuals aged 18 to 29 conducted by the Harvard Public Opinion Project, millennials broadly support gun control policy. Of those surveyed, 72.5 percent disapproved of Trump’s handling of gun violence in America, and 64.3 percent thought gun control … Read more
There is a strange dichotomy in every drug. Drugs lift people up, and they knock people out. They are used to heal, and they are used to get high. They boost economies and line purses while shrinking workforces and draining bank accounts. The same drugs manufactured to save life can be used to escape it. … Read more
Javanese Wayang Shadow Puppets on display at the University of Hawaii. Last April, the Peabody Museum celebrated its 150th anniversary by unveiling a new anthropological collection entitled All the World is Here: Harvard’s Peabody Museum and the Invention of American Anthropology. Boasting over 600 items from Asia, Oceania, and the Americas, the collection, according to its … Read more