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A Vote for the Trans Pacific Partnership
[caption id="attachment_24271" align="alignright" width="300"] Dr. Brent Nelsen[/caption] In an op-ed published in The Greenville News before Tuesday’s election, Furman professors Brent Nelsen (Political Science) and Tom Smythe (Business and Accounting) argued that international trade is...
Continue ReadingProfessor Jim Guth Discusses Election Night 2016
Voters made a call Tuesday that has been building for years when they chose to give the highest office in the land to a candidate without political or administrative experience, said Dr. Jim Guth, the...
Continue ReadingGoverning After a Tense Election
On Tuesday, voters will elect either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump as the next President of the United States. But will such a deeply divisive campaign make it impossible for either one of them to...
Continue Reading“And the New President of the United States Is…”
By Wednesday, Nov. 9, you will know whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump won the presidential election. But what you won’t know is what the outcome of such a negative and polarizing race might mean...
Continue ReadingA Conversation with the Candidates
South Carolina Congressmen Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Trey Gowdy, along with their Democratic challengers Thomas Dixon and Chris Fedalei, were on the Furman campus Monday night for a discussion that was designed to feature...
Continue ReadingThomas Sounds Off on Meaning of S.C.’s Low ACT Scores
It's a symptom of a deeper socioeconomic problem according to Furman education professor Paul Thomas--in South Carolina only 14 percent of ACT test-takers were ready for college, while a mere 2 percent of black students...
Continue ReadingThree Professors Remember 9/11
Three Furman professors wrote op-eds for The Greenville News over the weekend in conjunction with the 15th year anniversary of 9/11. Religion professor Alfons Teipen wrote a piece titled Use Islamic Holiday to Unite People, while history...
Continue ReadingDoubling Down on Accountability and Discipline
In an op-ed for The Post and Courier in Charleston, education professor Paul Thomas writes that Charleston County is making a wise and important decision to reform discipline policies in the school district. While education...
Continue ReadingDr. Guth Comments on RNC’s Partisan Prayers
Pastor Mark Burns of Easley made news when he spoke at the Republican National Convention, declaring that Donald Trump is a man of God and that the "enemy" is “Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party."...
Continue ReadingPublic vs. Private Debate
Is there a difference between public and private education? In an article for WalletHub, a panel of leading education-policy experts were asked to weigh in on the issue. Those experts included Furman education professor Paul...
Continue ReadingProfessor Vinson Speaks About Trump’s VP Pick
Donald Trump announced last week that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence would be his running mate, ending months of speculation over who that pick would be . Furman political science professor Danielle Vinson was quoted in...
Continue ReadingHonoring a Very Special Artist
[caption id="attachment_25443" align="alignright" width="254"] Dr. Courtney Tollison Hartness[/caption] Among the myriad events commemorating last year’s tragedy in Charleston is “Requiem for Mother Emanuel,” a powerful exhibit of batik paintings by Orangeburg resident and renowned artist...
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