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What President Trump's executive order on campus free speech is really meant to do

  • Written by Brendan Cantwell, Associate Professor of Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education, Michigan State University
President Donald Trump holds up an executive order requiring colleges to certify that their policies support free speech as a condition of receiving federal research grants.Jacquelyn Martin/AP

The much anticipated executive order that President Donald Trump issued March 21 to protect free speech on campus is about politics, not policy.

The proof is...

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Boeing 737 Max: The FAA wanted a safe plane – but didn't want to hurt America’s biggest exporter either

  • Written by Susan Webb Yackee, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Boeing is accused of not being fully forthcoming about changes it made to the 737 Max.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

Recent incidents aside, air travel is incredibly safe these days.

Global airplane fatalities averaged 840 a year from 2010 to 2018, compared with almost 2,000 in the 1990s. In fact, this decade is on pace to see the fewest casualties since...

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Electronic health records cannot replace a doctor who knows you

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
Electronic medical records can be costly and time-consuming.Africa Studio/Shutterstock.com

The introduction of electronic health records (EHRs) was accompanied by a great deal of fanfare. Such systems, which replace old paper-based charts in doctor’s offices and hospitals, were designed to make patient data more accurate, safer and more...

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Journalism needs to practice transparency in a different way to rebuild credibility

  • Written by Michael Palanski, Associate Professor of Management, Rochester Institute of Technology
Does the news business need a better definition of transparency?Shutterstock

Public trust in media continues to hover near all-time lows, driven by perceptions that the news industry is partisan and peddles inaccurate information (“fake news”), as well as ambivalence about news from social media.

According to a new Knight Foundation repo...

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Skip this chore: Cleaning your air conditioner condenser probably won't make it work better

  • Written by David Yuill, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Scratch this off your to-do list.Florence Yuill, CC BY-ND

I asked my neighbor who hoses off his air conditioner condenser every spring why he does it. “Because my dad always told me I had to,” he said.

Conventional wisdom like what my neighbor’s dad imparted may always seem right. But through my HVAC scholarship – the study...

Read more: Skip this chore: Cleaning your air conditioner condenser probably won't make it work better

Why flood insurance needs an overhaul: 6 questions answered

  • Written by Robert W. Klein, Professor Emeritus of Risk Management and Insurance, Georgia State University

Editor’s note: The Trump administration plans to significantly revamp the pricing of flood insurance. While some homeowners would see their premiums rise, others would benefit from lower rates. We asked an insurance expert to explain what the government program currently works and why it’s in dire need of fixing.

What is flood insurance?...

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Baseball's biggest problem isn't pace of play – it's teams tanking

  • Written by Adam Felder, Director of Data Analytics, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia
Miami Marlins fans have little to look forward to this season.AP Photo/Brynn Anderson

Major League Baseball is in trouble. But for all of Commissioner Rob Manfred’s concerns about pace of play, he’s looking in the wrong direction.

The game is healthy. The league isn’t.

Tanking – or intentionally losing – is endemic....

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A new procedure may preserve fertility in kids with cancer after chemo or radiation

  • Written by Kyle Orwig, Professor of OB/GYN and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
A 12-week-old baby female macaque, named Grady, was born from frozen testicular tissue. Oregon Health and Science University, CC BY-SA

Cancer in children was often a death sentence in decades past, but new therapies are saving lives. Many of these treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation, however, make children infertile. Now, new research is...

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March Madness: With gambling legal in eight states, who really wins?

  • Written by John Affleck, Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Pennsylvania State University
The odds of more legal betting are good. AP Photo/John Locher

March means springtime, but also breathless headlines of Cinderellas, busted brackets and buzzer beaters.

This year, it’ll also include talk of “sharps,” “handles” and “point spreads,” as millions more Americans are able to openly wager for the...

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Will more genetically engineered foods be approved under the FDA's new leadership?

  • Written by Ana Santos Rutschman, Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University
Will food laws change as more GM foods are created?Zerbor/Shutterstock.com

The world of food and drug regulation was rocked earlier this month by the news of a change in leadership at the Food and Drug Administration. Commissioner Scott Gottlieb resigned and will step down in early April. His temporary replacement is Dr. Ned Sharpless, director of...

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