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September 27, 2024
Title: FREE Open Education Resources: Good or Bad? Just Ask the Left.
Topic: Public Education
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
The majority of Texas K-12 students are not reading at grade-level.
But Texas has a plan: HB 1605.
Today, Dr. Thomas Lindsay discusses this bill and Open Education Resources (OER). Dr. Lindsay is the Higher Education Policy Director for Next Generation Texas at the
Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Click
here to read Dr. Lindsay’s full op-ed piece on this very important topic.
Click
here for more information about the Next Generation Texas Initiative at the
Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
What are Open Education Resources? You can learn more about HB 1605
here.
Can stories such as the Good Samaritan, forbidden fruit, the Prodigal Son, and David versus Goliath be life lessons?
What is the Texas Freedom Network? Are they painting OERs as a distortion of historical truth?
Are there Biblical references in Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and the
Declaration of Independence? Dr. Lindsay explains how critics argue that these specific Biblical references are insignificant, saying: “It’s not just anti-Christian bigotry; it’s bad education.”
The OER program has already been beta-tested in several Texas school districts. Why haven’t we heard about the positive results in the news?
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August 21, 2024
Title: China’s Confucius Institutes: A ‘Mussolini Model’?
Topic: China
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 1 of 2
Why is the Communist Chinese Party funding Confucius Institute?
What is their goal? Are they on American college and university campuses?
Today, Dr. Thomas Lindsay explains the seriousness of these Confucius Institutes and why every parent must pay attention. Dr. Lindsay is the Director of the
Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Innovation in Education and a senior constitutional scholar.
Click
here to read Dr. Thomas Lindsay’s op-ed on this important topic.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is the Communist Chinese Party funding Confucius Institutes on American college campuses? Dr. Lindsay reveals that he first reported this in 2020. What happened to the Forbes article he published at that time?
Do they claim to just be teaching language and culture?
How many colleges/universities currently have a Confucius Institute on their campus? Dr. Lindsay gives good and bad news…
By taking money from the Communist Chinese Party for their Confucius Institute, is the college instructed to censor all criticism of the Chinese government?
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Title: Part 2 of 2 - China’s Confucius Institutes: A ‘Mussolini Model’?
Topic: China
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is the intent of the Confucious Institutes to subvert, co-opt, and ultimately control Western academic discourse on matters pertaining to China?
OFF TOPIC: Terry and Dr. Lindsay discuss the ridiculous continuing education courses public school teachers must take each year...
Do the Confucius Institutes bear an alarming resemblance to the 1930s “Mussolini model” of funding Italian language centers in the US to promote fascist propaganda?
Is the Communist Chinese Party funding Confucious Institutes on campuses around the world or only in America? Dr. Lindsay reveals their the CCP’s next goal:
implement programs in public schools K-12.
Are the Confucious Institutes an important part of China’s overseas propaganda set-up?
What is the opinion of the American Association of University Professors concerning the Communist Chinese Party
Confucious Institutes? NOTE: This is NOT a right-wing organization!
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August 11, 2023
Title: China’s Confucius Institutes: A ‘Mussolini Model’?
Topic: China
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 1 of 2
Why is the Communist Chinese Party funding Confucius Institute?
What is their goal? Are they on American college and university campuses?
Today, Dr. Thomas Lindsay explains the seriousness of these Confucius Institutes and why every parent must pay attention. Dr. Lindsay is the Director of the
Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Innovation in Education and a senior constitutional scholar.
Click
here to read Dr. Thomas Lindsay’s op-ed on this important topic.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is the Communist Chinese Party funding Confucius Institutes on American college campuses? Dr. Lindsay reveals that he first reported this in 2020. What happened to the Forbes article he published at that time?
Do they claim to just be teaching language and culture?
How many colleges/universities currently have a Confucius Institute on their campus? Dr. Lindsay gives good and bad news…
By taking money from the Communist Chinese Party for their Confucius Institute, is the college instructed to censor all criticism of the Chinese government?
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Title: Part 2 of 2 - China’s Confucius Institutes: A ‘Mussolini Model’?
Topic: China
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is the intent of the Confucious Institutes to subvert, co-opt, and ultimately control Western academic discourse on matters pertaining to China?
OFF TOPIC: Terry and Dr. Lindsay discuss the ridiculous continuing education courses public school teachers must take each year...
Do the Confucius Institutes bear an alarming resemblance to the 1930s “Mussolini model” of funding Italian language centers in the US to promote fascist propaganda?
Is the Communist Chinese Party funding Confucious Institutes on campuses around the world or only in America? Dr. Lindsay reveals their the CCP’s next goal:
implement programs in public schools K-12.
Are the Confucious Institutes an important part of China’s overseas propaganda set-up?
What is the opinion of the American Association of University Professors concerning the Communist Chinese Party
Confucious Institutes? NOTE: This is NOT a right-wing organization!
Click here to help support the
Texas Public Policy Foundation.
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April 15, 2021
Title: America Did NOT Invent Slavery
Topic: Slavery History
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 1 of 3
The information provided in this interview by Dr. Thomas Lindsay is absolutely shocking.
Many college students today truly believe that slavery was an American invention and problem.
Dr. Thomas Lindsay is the Director of TPPF’s Center for Innovation in Education and a Senior Constitutional Scholar. He has more than two decades’ experience in education management and instruction including service as a dean, provost, and college president.
Dr. Thomas Lindsay suggests parents check out this
website with their children, teens, and college students…
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Do increasing numbers of college students today believe America invented slavery?
Are college students today ignorant of the history of slavery?
What is the 1619 Project?
is important to study the history of slavery in this country?
How long has slavery actually existed? Dr. Lindsay discusses Egyptian Pharaohs, Greeks, the Founding Fathers, and Germany.
Did the Native American Cherokee Nation own African slaves, siding with the Confederacy during the Civil War?
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - America Did NOT Invent Slavery
Topic: Slavery History
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is the New York Times’ 1619 Project intentionally bias?
In 1526, did Spanish explorers bring the first African slaves to settlements in
what would become the United States?
Are Hollywood movies spreading lies as well as the MSM? Dr. Lindsay mentions
false information in the latest Spider-Man movie…
What is the end-goal of the “white men haters”?
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - America Did NOT Invent Slavery
Topic: Slavery History
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Did the UN International Organization for Migration recently release a combined
global study indicating that 40 million people are trapped in modern forms of
slavery worldwide?
Are the majority of people enslaved in the modern world under Muslim control?
HINT: Yes!
Are college students organizing rallies and protest regarding this atrocity?
HINT: Nope!
Is the truth about the history of slavery allowed to be taught in colleges and
universities (and even public schools)? HINT: Nope!
Dr. Thomas Lindsay says this: “They know that if the truth gets out, their
agenda to transform America into a so-called socialist utopia will fall.”
What new information did Dr. Thomas Lindsay uncover when writing his report on
this topic?
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here for more on this issue from Dr. Lindsay.
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October 16, 2020
Title: America’s Racial Crossroads
Topic: Racism in America
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 1 of 3
Down which road will America go: toward the self-destructive lie that America was founded on slavery, or toward an appreciation for the reason why millions of immigrants leave their homelands for this great country? The answer will decide America’s future.
Dr. Tom Lindsay, Ph.D., is Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Innovation in Education and a Senior Constitutional Scholar. He has more than two decades’ experience in education management and instruction, including service as a dean, provost, and college president.
More on this topic from Dr. Lindsay can be found
here.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Do people remember stories better than they remember facts and figures?
What was Dr. Lindsay’s first Uber ride like in WDC?
Did his Uber driver know about Thomas Jefferson’s passage in the Declaration of Independence? What two important facts are found in the passage?
Did Dr. Lindsay and his Uber driver debate how to reconcile the fact that the Declaration promises equality, but it and the Constitution seemed to do nothing to end slavery?
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - America’s Racial Crossroads
Topic: Racism in America
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Did Dr. Lindsay’s first Uber driver know of Frederick Douglas?
NOTE: Frederick Douglas posed this thought: Whether any constitution, anywhere,
bans that which it thinks is good. What does this mean to us today?
How many countries still permit slavery? How many people are still enslaved
around the world today? Do the majority of these countries consist of Muslims
and/or mostly black people?
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - America’s Racial Crossroads
Topic: Racism in America
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Dr. Lindsay had a different experience with his second Uber driver, who is from
Liberia. This time Dr. Lindsay was in Philadelphia. What were his feelings
toward America?
Is this second Uber driver a living, breathing modern example of how the
American Dream is alive and well for those who want to pursue their dreams?
FACT: Only 19% of native-born Americans under the age of 45 can pass the US
citizenship test. The test is only 10 questions! Could you pass it???
Are we at a crossroads in America? Dr. Lindsay and Terr discuss Abraham Lincoln…
Do millions of people around the world still desire to pursue their dreams in
America?
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September 10, 2020
Title: America’s Racial Crossroads
Topic: Racism in America
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 1 of 3
Down which road will America go: toward the self-destructive lie that America was founded on slavery, or toward an appreciation for the reason why millions of immigrants leave their homelands for this great country? The answer will decide America’s future.
Dr. Tom Lindsay, Ph.D., is Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Innovation in Education and a Senior Constitutional Scholar. He has more than two decades’ experience in education management and instruction, including service as a dean, provost, and college president.
More on this topic from Dr. Lindsay can be found
here.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Do people remember stories better than they remember facts and figures?
What was Dr. Lindsay’s first Uber ride like in WDC?
Did his Uber driver know about Thomas Jefferson’s passage in the Declaration of Independence? What two important facts are found in the passage?
Did Dr. Lindsay and his Uber driver debate how to reconcile the fact that the Declaration promises equality, but it and the Constitution seemed to do nothing to end slavery?
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - America’s Racial Crossroads
Topic: Racism in America
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Did Dr. Lindsay’s first Uber driver know of Frederick Douglas?
NOTE: Frederick Douglas posed this thought: Whether any constitution, anywhere,
bans that which it thinks is good. What does this mean to us today?
How many countries still permit slavery? How many people are still enslaved
around the world today? Do the majority of these countries consist of Muslims
and/or mostly black people?
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - America’s Racial Crossroads
Topic: Racism in America
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Dr. Lindsay had a different experience with his second Uber driver, who is from
Liberia. This time Dr. Lindsay was in Philadelphia. What were his feelings
toward America?
Is this second Uber driver a living, breathing modern example of how the
American Dream is alive and well for those who want to pursue their dreams?
FACT: Only 19% of native-born Americans under the age of 45 can pass the US
citizenship test. The test is only 10 questions! Could you pass it???
Are we at a crossroads in America? Dr. Lindsay and Terr discuss Abraham Lincoln…
Do millions of people around the world still desire to pursue their dreams in
America?
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December 10, 2019
Title: Our Children Taught to Hate America
Topic: Our Children Taught to Hate America
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Stanford University School of Education Professor Sam Wineburg has written a new critique of Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States." However, the history department of Portland University is now declining to co-sponsor
an event on the critique, on the basis that Wineburg does not hold a doctorate in history.
Dr. Thomas Lindsay is the Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Innovation in Education and a Senior Constitutional Scholar. He has more than two decades’ experience in education management and instruction, including service as a Dean, Provost, and College President.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Who is Howard Zinn and what did he do?
What does the millennial term “woke” mean? Dr. Lindsay discusses “false consciousness”.
Do some millennials really hate America?
Gen Z: What is their attitude toward the Constitution, free speech, and socialism?
Do many schools/colleges use Howard Zinn’s textbook and/or thoughts/ideas? Dr. Lindsay actually asked public school teachers this question! Listen to find out what they said and how Dr. Lindsay and others are equipping teachers with the truth…
Is the American culture (Hollywood and sports figures) partially to blame for the hatred millennials and Gen Z’s feel toward America?
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October 17, 2019
Title: America Did NOT Invent Slavery
Topic: Slavery History
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 1 of 3
The information provided in this interview by Dr. Thomas Lindsay is absolutely shocking.
Many college students today truly believe that slavery was an American invention and problem.
Dr. Thomas Lindsay is the Director of TPPF’s Center for Innovation in Education and a Senior Constitutional Scholar. He has more than two decades’ experience in education management and instruction including service as a dean, provost, and college president.
Dr. Thomas Lindsay suggests parents check out this
website with their children, teens, and college students…
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Do increasing numbers of college students today believe America invented slavery?
Are college students today ignorant of the history of slavery?
What is the 1619 Project?
is important to study the history of slavery in this country?
How long has slavery actually existed? Dr. Lindsay discusses Egyptian Pharaohs, Greeks, the Founding Fathers, and Germany.
Did the Native American Cherokee Nation own African slaves, siding with the Confederacy during the Civil War?
More from this Guest More on this Topic More from this Organization
Title: Part 2 of 3 - America Did NOT Invent Slavery
Topic: Slavery History
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is the New York Times’ 1619 Project intentionally bias?
In 1526, did Spanish explorers bring the first African slaves to settlements in
what would become the United States?
Are Hollywood movies spreading lies as well as the MSM? Dr. Lindsay mentions
false information in the latest Spider-Man movie…
What is the end-goal of the “white men haters”?
More from this Guest More on this Topic More from this Organization
Title: Part 3 of 3 - America Did NOT Invent Slavery
Topic: Slavery History
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Did the UN International Organization for Migration recently release a combined
global study indicating that 40 million people are trapped in modern forms of
slavery worldwide?
Are the majority of people enslaved in the modern world under Muslim control?
HINT: Yes!
Are college students organizing rallies and protest regarding this atrocity?
HINT: Nope!
Is the truth about the history of slavery allowed to be taught in colleges and
universities (and even public schools)? HINT: Nope!
Dr. Thomas Lindsay says this: “They know that if the truth gets out, their
agenda to transform America into a so-called socialist utopia will fall.”
What new information did Dr. Thomas Lindsay uncover when writing his report on
this topic?
Click
here for more on this issue from Dr. Lindsay.
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October 7, 2019
Title: The Definition of Insanity
Topic: The Definition of Insanity
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
A new survey commissioned by the American Council of Trustees
and Alumni sheds a bright light on our nation's civic knowledge crisis.
Colleges and Universities contribute significantly to the problem by chipping away at their core requirements in essential areas of knowledge.
Dr. Thomas Lindsay is the Director of Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Innovation in Education and a senior constitutional scholar. Today, Dr. Lindsay discusses this survey and other information…
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Would the phrase “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” trigger millennials and make them run to their
“safe place”?
When asked about government issues, how did students at the University of Texas – Austin
campus respond? What were some of the questions asked? Are these basic questions that are asked on the US Citizenship test?
Why are so many college students embracing Socialism?
The TPPF has a summer program for high school Civics teachers. Click
here for more information.
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October 3, 2019
Title: The Definition of Insanity
Topic: The Definition of Insanity
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
A new survey commissioned by the American Council of Trustees
and Alumni sheds a bright light on our nation's civic knowledge crisis.
Colleges and Universities contribute significantly to the problem by chipping away at their core requirements in essential areas of knowledge.
Dr. Thomas Lindsay is the Director of Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Innovation in Education and a senior constitutional scholar. Today, Dr. Lindsay discusses this survey and other information…
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Would the phrase “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” trigger millennials and make them run to their
“safe place”?
When asked about government issues, how did students at the University of Texas – Austin
campus respond? What were some of the questions asked? Are these basic questions that are asked on the US Citizenship test?
Why are so many college students embracing Socialism?
The TPPF has a summer program for high school Civics teachers. Click
here for more information.
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September 13, 2019
Title: Few Get Free College: Only the Top 1/3
Topic: Free College (Not)
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Dr. Thomas Lindsay is the Director of Texas Public Policy
Foundation’s Center for Innovation in Education. Today he discusses the problems Finland has with “free” higher education and why America should not follow its example.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Is higher education in Finland really “free”?
Is “free” higher education in Finland available to everyone?
Why can’t higher education be “free” in America?
Terry shares a personal story about his own college experience. How did he survive with a wife, two sons, and new baby daughter? How did he do it with only $1,000 debt?
How many years is the average American in college before graduating with a degree?
Back to Finland: If an applicant isn’t accepted for “free” college, where do they go for further education?
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here for more information on Dr. Thomas Lindsay and TPPF’s Center for Innovation in Education.
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May 7, 2019
Title: Should your Student go to College?
Topic: College Affordability
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 1 of 2
Dr. Thomas Lindsay, a former college President, says: “Go to a
cheap college – or none at all”. He is the current Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Innovation in Education and a Senior Constitutional Scholar. He has more than twenty years of experience in education management and instruction.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Why does Dr. Thomas Lindsay believe a cheap college or no college is best?
Does Enterprise Rent a Car employ more recent college graduates than almost any other company in America?
Do too many college students quit after two years?
Do apprentice programs and trade schools offer many of the same life-skills that colleges do? What are the pros and cons? Tune in to the next segment for more on this!
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Title: Part 2 of 2 - Should your Student go to College?
Topic: College Affordability
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Should high schools do more to teach basic responsibility and functioning
skills?
How can a parent, or a student, determine if a tech school or an apprenticeship
program would be better than a four-year college?
Can a person succeed in life without a college degree?
FACT: In the 1970’s, a college degree only took 16% of a
family’s income. Today, a college degree takes 36% of a family’s income! That
increase is insane!
Do Texas schools offer many apprentice programs in high school? Dr. Lindsay
suggests asking your high school counselor for information on Career and
Technical Education courses as an alternative to college.
To read the article by James Pierson and Naomi Schaefer Riley on this subject,
click
here.
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April 10, 2019
Title: More Free Speech Laws
Topic: Free Speech Rights
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Do college campuses really need MORE free speech laws?
Tom Lindsay, Ph.D., is the Director of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Innovation in Education and a Senior Constitutional Scholar. He has more than two decades experience in education management and instruction, including service as a dean, provost, and college president.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Are LGBTQ and other progressive, socialist, liberal speakers being shouted down, driven off campus, and un-invited?
OR…. Is it the Conservative and tradionalist being discriminated against? Is this even happening on Texas college campuses? Listen as Dr. Lindsay reveals what happened recently to Representative Briscoe Cain!
Why is George Orwell’s book, “1984”, so relevant to today? Should EVERY high school and college student read this book? Do ADULTS need to read (or reread) this book?
Have the Liberals taken over college campuses across America? Dr. Lindsay offers some real facts concerning this…
Are many Conservative states like Texas attempting to legislate the right of ALL speakers to speak for a willing audience to hear?
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March 6, 2019
Title: College Costs & Benefits
Topic: College Affordability
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 1 of 2
College tuition has become completely unaffordable for the majority
of students. Dr. Thomas Lindsay has details about HB277,
the Informed Student Document Act.
You can read Dr. Lindsay’s article
here.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Exactly how much money is owed in student debt in America?
Why is it imperative that parents and students be given a price comparison of
colleges? Is this a positive step forward? What hoops must students and parents
jump through just to get this information currently?
Why should ALL colleges be required to show the return rate of students from
year to year?
Tune in to the next segment as Dr. Thomas Lindsay discusses the importance of
students choosing a major before college and attending a school that has a
successful job placement rate in that field of study.
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Title: Part 2 of 2 - College Costs & Benefits
Topic: College Affordability
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Why should students choose a major before choosing a college?
Should they also ask the college for job placement statistics for that area of
study?
How many student loans are in delinquency, forbearance, or forgiveness?
HINT: It’s a lot!
Should colleges be more open and honest with parents and students?
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February 21, 2019
Title: Kids Can’t Read or Do Math
Topic: Education
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
In 1955, prompted by the reading problems experience by the child of
a friend, Rudolf Flesch wrote the book “Why Johnny Can't Read”.
The book became a huge bestseller and is still in print today. Flesch
realized many children were not learning to read because of the method of
instruction they were exposed to in school.
Has anything changed over the last 64 years? Dr. Thomas Lindsay responds…
Dr. Lindsay is the Director of TPPF’s Center for Innovation in
Education and is a Senior Constitutional Scholar. He has more than two decades
experience in education management and instruction, including service as a Dean,
Provost, and College President.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Some believe that the “old” method of teaching spelling is harmful to
students. Is this true?
What is the ‘look-say’ method? Is it the same as whole word or whole
language method of teaching? Are these methods effective?
What is phonics? How is/was phonics taught? Is phonics effective?
Have there been demonstrative studies showing which method is most effective for
more students?
Why aren’t elementary school teachers teaching phonics in public schools?
FACT: In Texas, 54% of students cannot read at their grade
level.
Does reading to children beginning at an early age really help them learn? Do
songs and games help as well? Click
here
for more on this issue.
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January 31, 2019
Title: Making College Affordable
Topic: College Affordability
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 1 of 3
Texas must continue to innovate and provide cost-effective, high-quality education that meets the needs of an ever-changing global economy while providing greater opportunity and prosperity for Texans.
To make college more affordable for more Texans, each public university should have at least one bachelor’s degree under the
Affordable Baccalaureate Program.
How can we achieve this? Dr. Thomas Lindsay has some solutions…
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Do college students need more affordable degree options?
What are $10,000 degrees, or Affordable Baccalaureate Programs? Listen as Dr. Lindsay explains when they started and who started them…
Where was the first Affordable Baccalaureate Program offered?
How many colleges and universities across Texas now offer these affordable degrees?
How does the program work?
Can past experience like the military or online courses give participants a head start in the program?
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - Making College Affordable
Topic: College Affordability
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Which colleges have been successful with the Affordable Baccalaureate
Program?
What degrees are offered through the program?
What is the current average cost to attend a public college/university in Texas?
Dr. Lindsay reveals an outrageous number that doesn’t even include room and
board. Listen in!
Is the program solely online or will participants be required to live on campus
for a short time and/or take in-class courses?
Why is the program so successful?
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - Making College Affordable
Topic: College Affordability
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Should the Affordable Baccalaureate Program be expanded to every
college/university in Texas?
Listen as Dr. Lindsay offers an amazing statistic from the Texas State Technical
College Chancellor, Michael Reeser.
What are the obstacles keeping these programs at bay?
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here for more on this issue.
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October 19, 2018
Title: 11 Myths of Higher Education
Topic: Is College Worth the Cost?
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 1 of 3
In America, there is a three-fold crisis in higher education:
1. College is becoming increasingly unaffordable.
2. High tuition rates are forcing students and their parents to burden themselves with historically high student loan debt.
3. Thirty-six percent of students, after spending four years in college, demonstrate little-to-no improvement in their capacities for critical thinking, complex reasoning, and clear writing.
Dr. Thomas Lindsay is the Director of The Center for Innovation in Education within the
Texas Public Policy Foundation. Listen as he discusses the dire situation of college tuition and education in America. He has “11 Myths in Higher Education” that every parent must read immediately.
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Are too many college students (and their parents) paying too much and learning too little?
When did people begin to see a problem?
What is being done about this?
Myth #1: Our public universities are fulfilling their constitutional obligation to protect the First Amendment on their campuses.
FACT: At least one-third of American universities and colleges have speech codes.
“If we lose free speech on our campuses, it’s just a matter of time before we lose it in the public square,” Dr. Lindsay warns.
Tune in to the next two segments for more myths…
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Title: Part 2 of 3 - 11 Myths of Higher Education
Topic: Is College Worth the Cost?
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Are college tuition and student-loan debts increasing at the same rate of other
goods and forms of debt?
Should every college and university
offer a low cost affordable baccalaureate?
Myth #4: Online learning is a fad that will never significantly change the face
of higher education. Dr. Lindsay offers information from Department of Education
study as proof that online college is just as good as attending in person…
What is public opinion of the current state of colleges and universities in
America?
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Title: Part 3 of 3 - 11 Myths of Higher Education
Topic: Is College Worth the Cost?
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Questions/Issues Discussed:
FACT: The United States spends twice as much money on higher education
than Europe and Asia.
Are parents beginning to push back against the increasing higher education
tuition costs?
Myth #6: In Texas, tuition had to increase to make up for state cuts in
higher education. Listen as Dr. Lindsay reveals some shocking numbers here!
Do the majority of students still attend college full-time?
Do Federal Education Funds go to poor students?
Myth #9: Administrative costs have remained steady and have not
contributed to skyrocketing tuitions and student debt. This one is actually
laughable!
Is a college degree required to prove you are “smart”?
Parents: Before sending your student to college, schedule a meeting
with the recruiting office. Ask them how many companies are recruiting from that
particular college in the area of study your child wishes to graduate. This is
very important! If not many students find jobs quickly, move on to the next
college.
What is the average debt a student leaves college with?
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November 12, 2014
Title: Don't Take Their Money: The War on Academic Freedom
Topic: The War on Academic Freedom
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 1 of 2
If you have listened
to any type of news program, especially from the MSM, you have probably heard of
the Koch brothers and how “baaaaaad” they are. And if you’ve been listening to
the What’s UP Radio Program for any length of time, you know how “baaaaaad” the
MSM is!
The Koch brothers just happen to lean on the Conservative side, so of course the
“tolerant left” and liberal colleges are now chasing after them and their money.
You’d think that desperate colleges and universities that are broke would want
their money! Besides, isn’t diversity on college campuses what they are striving
for? Oh, I forgot the Koch brothers offer the wrong kind
of diversity. Silly me.
Dr. Thomas Lindsay is the Director of the Center for Higher Education at the
Texas Public Policy Foundation. Listen in as Dr. Lindsay explains how colleges
and universities are becoming more and more left-minded, squashing those with an
actual brain who think for themselves and wish to express their opinion. This is
why we have mindless robots and low-information voters.
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Title: Part 2 of 2 - Don't Take Their Money: The War on Academic Freedom
Topic: The War on Academic Freedom
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Should Conservatives stop
giving their money to liberal-minded colleges and universities? Those types of
schools don’t seem to want their money anyway, so why bother?
Within the next decade, Dr. Lindsay fears many liberal arts colleges will be
bankrupt. One-third of liberal arts colleges are financially strapped. They
cannot raise tuition because the rates are already sky-high. They cannot borrow
any more money because they can’t pay back what they’ve already borrowed.
Dr. Thomas Lindsay says, in his opinion, students want to learn more about
civics. They want to study the Constitution. They want to learn more about the
government. Why not allow rich, Conservatives to help fund these colleges – or
even establish new ones?
This isn’t about being left or right. This is about educating the next
generation. This is about bringing our country back to the core values of the
history of the United States. Dr. Lindsay poses this question: “Without the
knowledge of the principles of their own form of government, how can they
protect it?”
I know tradition is important, especially in Texas. But, it’s not all about
“your football team” and giving money to support “your school”. Does the college
your child want to attend require every student – regardless of major – to take
an entire course on the moral foundation of America? If that college or
university does not require this, you should throw their mailer and application
into the fire pit.
For more on this and other issues facing Texans, log on to
www.TexasPolicy.com.
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October 10, 2014
Title: What Good is a College Degree Anymore?
Topic: College Graduates Living at Home
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 1 of 2
Do you have an adult child who has graduated from college in recent years? If
so, where are they now?
Do you have a high school senior preparing to head off to college next year?
Have they picked a major? Have they researched what careers might be available
for them when they graduate college?
Dr. Thomas Lindsay is the Director of the Center for Higher Education at the
Texas Public Policy Foundation and editor of
www.SeeThruEdu.com .
Dr. Lindsay says the statistics are shocking in regards to unemployment or
underemployment for college graduates. You’d be surprised at how many are living
back home with their parents and even more stunned at how many adult children
are still living off of their parent’s paycheck. (HINT: 23 percent of 2012
college graduates are still unemployment or underemployment two years after
graduation.)
On a side note: Dr. Lindsay discusses how he believes it is a good idea for high
school graduates to take a year off before they attend college. He suggests they
get a job – or several jobs – to experience “real life”. Not everyone is fit for
college. Some should even consider attending a trade school to become an
electrician, plumber, or carpenter. Listen in as Dr. Lindsay and host Terry
Lowry discuss this subject.
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Title: Part 2 of 2 - What Good is a College Degree Anymore?
Topic: College Graduates Living at Home
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
The average student debt for graduating seniors is now $29,400! The monthly
payments over 6-7 years is the equivalent of a car note! If they cannot find a
job, however, or are one of the lucky ones who actually is working but only 20
hours a week, how are they supposed to be able to afford that, in addition to
rent, car insurance, car payment, electricity, cell phones, and food?
Many
thought that once they graduated college they would also graduate from eating
Ramen noodles and macaroni and cheese every day. Boy, are they surprised when
they get out in the “real world” and are living on less than they did in
college!
Dr. Lindsay doesn’t want to be all negative. He says that there are many
students who graduate high school, go immediately into college, know what they
want to major, graduate college in four years with little debt, and find a great
job immediately. It does happen. But it is becoming less and less of the norm.
Dr. Thomas Lindsay just wants to send out a warning to parents and their
children: Know what you want before you begin the process. Be smart. Choose the
right college according to what your major is. Junior colleges are great places
to start. Get a job while you’re in college. Don’t borrow too much money. Make
connections with the right people. And work hard.
Log on to www.SeeThruEdu.com for daily updates and follow them on
Twitter @SeeThruEdu.
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December 3, 2013
Title: Why Does Higher Education Cost So Much?
Topic: Higher Education
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 1 of 2
Nationwide, higher education
suffers from three intersecting crises:
1) declining affordability;
2) poor student learning; and
3) lax standards.
But you wouldn't know this from listening to the three myths masquerading as
narrative in typical reporting of the issues.
Listen in as Dr. Thomas Lindsay discusses these three myths. Dr. Lindsay directs
the Center for Higher Education at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and is
editor of SeeThruEdu.com. He was deputy chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities under George W. Bush.
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Title: What Are Students Learning in College?
Topic: Higher Education
Discussed by Dr. Thomas Lindsay
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Part 2 of 2
A recent survey
finds employers rate critical thinking, problem solving, analytic and
quantitative reasoning, and clear writing more crucial than academic majors for
employment.
In addition, many are shocked to learn that roughly half of all students who
enter college never graduate.
What is the "market value" of your student's degree?
Dr. Lindsay explains.
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