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June 15, 2024

ROI of College Degrees & Helping Poor Families Into Better Neighborhoods
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ROI of College Degrees
What's the return on investment when it comes to the high cost of a college education? Preston Cooper, PhD, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, conducted a recent analysis that found that some fields of study have a significantly higher payback than others.
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Helping Poor Families Into Better Neighborhoods
New research by Christopher Palmer, PhD, Albert and Jeanne Clear Career Development Professor, Associate Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management, found some basic guidance made a significant difference in helping low-income families move into neighborhoods providing better economic opportunities.
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Learning to Save a Life
Suffering cardiac arrest outside of a hospital most often has a fatal outcome. But Comilla Sasson. MD, PhD, FACEP, FAHA, Vice President of Emergency Cardiovascular Care for the American Heart Association, explains why knowing CPR and how to use an AED can help save lives. She said basic CPR can be learned in as little as 90 seconds. via an AHA online video. She also discussed the AHA's Heart Walk campaign, engaging more than 220 cities nationwide through the collective efforts of corporate and community participants.
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