Adnan Rasool
@adnanrasool.bsky.social
Pol Sci prof/Higher Ed Admin - I study foreign policy of small states, smart diplomacy, & comparative democratization. I also lead the university's Center for Teaching and Learning.
Aspiring Chef/Tired Dad. Opinions my own, represent only me.
Aspiring Chef/Tired Dad. Opinions my own, represent only me.
Lastly a long term push that will take another year or so to flesh out; devolving SNAP to states. This shutdown was a good testing ground for that thought experiment www.cato.org/blog/how-bid...
Not trying to be an alarmist, I am just asking folks to educate themselves as to what is coming
Not trying to be an alarmist, I am just asking folks to educate themselves as to what is coming
How Biden’s Thrifty Food Plan Change Broke SNAP’s Cost Controls
A 2021 “technical reevaluation” turned into a $180 billion entitlement expansion. Congress should reverse it.
www.cato.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Lastly a long term push that will take another year or so to flesh out; devolving SNAP to states. This shutdown was a good testing ground for that thought experiment www.cato.org/blog/how-bid...
Not trying to be an alarmist, I am just asking folks to educate themselves as to what is coming
Not trying to be an alarmist, I am just asking folks to educate themselves as to what is coming
3. Lastly cutting down subsidies for healthcare and privatizing the notion of care and how it's handled. The focus is not to talk about healthcare, but talk about care as a whole and focusing on individual responsibility for it. www.heritage.org/budget-and-s...
Obamacare’s Chronic Conditions
We have been witnessing lunacy. Senate Democrats repeatedly voted against a short-term, “clean” resolution to reopen the federal government because they insist, amidst massive deficits and dangerous d...
www.heritage.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
3. Lastly cutting down subsidies for healthcare and privatizing the notion of care and how it's handled. The focus is not to talk about healthcare, but talk about care as a whole and focusing on individual responsibility for it. www.heritage.org/budget-and-s...
2. Creating a reliable and malleable workforce that can support the deindustrialization efforts and will be tethered to their employer and location of employment. This is a key part of the districtization architecture. www.heritage.org/markets-and-...
How We Can Prepare Young People for Meaningful Work and Flourishing Lives
America is aging rapidly. By 2034, there will be more seniors than children for the first time in our country’s history. Meanwhile, the federal debt has exploded and will be the equivalent of a second...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
2. Creating a reliable and malleable workforce that can support the deindustrialization efforts and will be tethered to their employer and location of employment. This is a key part of the districtization architecture. www.heritage.org/markets-and-...
1. Gutting regulations for banking industry. This gets couched within the idea that affordability is an issue, hence longer mortgages and auto loans. But to do that, you need smaller banks to take on more risk. www.heritage.org/government-r...
Overregulation Has Put Small Banks at Risk
Regulators learned exactly the wrong lessons from the Global Financial Crisis, which itself was largely caused by regulatory failures that incentivized the financial sector into originating and securi...
www.heritage.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
1. Gutting regulations for banking industry. This gets couched within the idea that affordability is an issue, hence longer mortgages and auto loans. But to do that, you need smaller banks to take on more risk. www.heritage.org/government-r...
Additionally, I know we do not like really talking about that, but salaries at a good teaching institution (taking into account living costs and location) are roughly the same as they are at some research institutions. The premium is no longer what it used to be.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Additionally, I know we do not like really talking about that, but salaries at a good teaching institution (taking into account living costs and location) are roughly the same as they are at some research institutions. The premium is no longer what it used to be.
Witnessing this process, it has also made me wonder where exactly the disconnect between faculty and admin begin. That is a question I constantly think about because a large part of my job is to talk to faculty to understand what my peers need to grow and thrive.
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Witnessing this process, it has also made me wonder where exactly the disconnect between faculty and admin begin. That is a question I constantly think about because a large part of my job is to talk to faculty to understand what my peers need to grow and thrive.
I ll be honest, I did not think I was going to end up in Admin this early on, but now that I am here, it has been fascinating listening to candidates for these roles share their trajectories and talk about their vision. This is something no one trains us on, ppl r expected to figure it out
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I ll be honest, I did not think I was going to end up in Admin this early on, but now that I am here, it has been fascinating listening to candidates for these roles share their trajectories and talk about their vision. This is something no one trains us on, ppl r expected to figure it out
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE BEST AGREEMENT EVER SIGNED WITH A CLASS, and THEY ARE A MARVELOUS CLASS, every classy CLASS... just the way we like it here folks... Some even say they may be the best class, but I don't know, I know them well.. THIS IS THE BEST THING that could have happened
May 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE BEST AGREEMENT EVER SIGNED WITH A CLASS, and THEY ARE A MARVELOUS CLASS, every classy CLASS... just the way we like it here folks... Some even say they may be the best class, but I don't know, I know them well.. THIS IS THE BEST THING that could have happened