Pursuing a college education is a significant life milestone. To a certain extent, picking a university can be as crucial as choosing which college major to take. Thus, families take time in selecting the right university for their children. Published United States college rankings can be a good starting point when trimming down choices. People anticipate the publication of the United States college rankings as a new batch of students enter …
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How Technology Is Transforming Manufacturing
New technology in manufacturing process is profoundly changing industrial production, giving rise to “the factory of the future.” Augmented reality, 3D Printing, Robotics, Wearables and the widespread applications of Blockchain technology are digitally transforming factories and manufacturing plants. It has ushered a new era of growth, with the industry projected to expand 7x faster than its best record in the 1990s.
IMPACT Expert and Presidential Candidate gains 3,000 supporters
The unlikely presidential run of Andrew Yang, who is proposing a $1,000-a-month “freedom dividend” to every adult in America, rolled Friday into San Francisco, where some 3,000 supporters listened to the New York tech entrepreneur warn about how artificial intelligence and robotics are taking jobs.
Flip The Switch
Empowering Women In Building a Brighter Future.
One of the world’s largest law firms, and one of the world’s largest social enterprises, teaming up to change the world, ‘One Woman at a Time‘.
How Much Does Your Public Transit System Cost?
The CBC does great working pulling the data together and making it transparent over time. They have updated its interactive tool for exploring the agency’s recent financial performance…
How Is America Preparing For The Future Of Work?
By Erin Winick
- Stay in school?
- Work less?
- Continuously learn?
Three questions on retraining and the future of work with economist Jay Shambaugh.
No one can see the future, but we can still make sure we aren’t blindsided when it arrives. That’s especially true when it comes to how technology is changing workplaces in the US.
Andrew Byford Has A New Plan To Radically Improve The MTA
He’s done it in London and Toronto, can he change one of the largest most outdated systems on the planet?
To rebuild the city’s beleaguered public-transit system, after years of chaotic decline and stark dysfunction. He had vowed to visit every one of New York’s subway stations—there are four hundred and seventy-two—and to ride every bus route, in an effort that was part good-will tour, part reconnaissance mission.
Electronic Monitoring Instead Of Prison
Many countries have recently adopted electronic monitoring (EM) as an alternative sentence in order to reduce incarceration while maintaining public safety. However, the empirical evidence on the effects of EM on recidivism is very scarce but allows home within range…
Maximizing The Benefits Of Private Participation
Maximizing the benefits of private participation – a whitepaper by Phil White, Denton’s Law Firm. The debate in the US over how to improve essential infrastructure has intensified…