You’ve probably heard of Bowling Alone, the hugely influential 2000 book diagnosing our country’s malaise by Robert Putnam, the Harvard University political scientist. In it, Putnam showed that Americans’ stock of social capital—the fabric of a community’s trust and cooperation—had been plummeting since the 1950s, and that its decline was harming our well-being, personal relationships, […]
University of Texas — Rio Grande Valley
Posted inApril/May/June 2022
Near the Mexican Border, Texas University Uses Value and Smarts to Help Students Stay Enrolled
By keeping tuition low and offering generous aid to its Hispanic student body, The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley has lessons for the rest of the country.
