Segment 1: For-profit colleges – schools that focus on skills and job training – aren’t fulfilling their part of the bargain. That’s according to a recent Congressional report that attacks for-profit colleges for charging high tuition and coming up empty when it comes to job prospects. On Tuesday, we’ll talk about the allegations and legislation…
Segment 1: Whether initials carved into a tree or a message on a gravestone, humans want to leave a mark on the world, some kind of evidence of their existence. The historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich has studied the many ways early Mormons used diaries, quilts and other mementos to mark the passage of time. On…
Segment 1: Recent U.S. Census data show that about 150,000 men have traded in their breadwinning role to become the primary caregiver of their children. That’s more than double the number of a decade ago and it’s not just a byproduct of the recession. According to a study by Boston College, more men today are…
Segment 1: Vancouver boasts walking paths, skate parks, gardens, public art displays, outdoor markets and public squares. From Stanley Park to The Seawall to Granville Island, Vancouverites love their public spaces as year-round gathering places. An entourage of Salt Lake City officials recently visited Vancouver for tips on how Utah’s capital city can create more…
Segment 1: From facts and figures to mounds of information, today’s humans are swimming in data – or, as computer scientist Miriah Meyer puts it, they’re drowning in it. One solution, she says, is the emerging field of visualization, which helps our brains make sense of all the accumulating info. On Thursday, Meyer joins us…
Segment 1: The numbers are in and the results are – in a consultant’s words – “unequivocal”: independent businesses boost local economies in ways chain stores can only dream of. On Wednesday, we’ll hear about more about the economic benefits of local businesses. Guests: Nan Seymour, Local First Utah Dan Houston, Civic Economics Read the…
Segment 1: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has led the African nation since 1991, but his failing health has Ethiopians looking to what their nation’s future could hold. A local journalist and several journalism students recently returned from Ethiopia and on Tuesday, Matthew LaPlante and Mackinzie Hamilton join us to describe Ethiopia’s leadership transition. …
Segment 1: A $123 million bond for parks was too rich for the Salt Lake County Council, but a pared-down version got a better reception. Last week, the Council unanimously gave the nod to a bond measure that will ask voters to decide if they want to borrow $47.5 million for new parks and trails.…
Segment 1: Combine technology, self-paced learning, college courses and a classroom teacher and you’ve got Innovations High School, the latest educational offering from Salt Lake City School District. The idea is to create a blended learning environment, mixing the flexibility of a digital curriculum with the structure and guidance of a traditional classroom experience. Is…
Segment 1: Jenny Hill’s complex mental landscape surfaced at age 4, when she vividly recalls losing track of time on the way to school. By the time Hill met therapist Judy Byington years later, Hill had 22 personalities, which Byington says were the result of ritual abuse. On Wednesday, Byington joins us to explain Hill’s…
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