Showing posts with label University of Iowa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label University of Iowa. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

10% Failure Rate

I am sure this banner at Jordan Creek Town Center is meant as a brag but a 10% failure rate is appalling to me.

It must be appalling to the 10% that spent about $80,000 each just to graduate into unemployment.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Anything for a $

The University of Iowa, nationally known as a top “party school”, has signed a multi-million dollar contract with Anheuser-Busch to guarantee its infamous standing. The contract will allow Anheuser-Busch to use the TigerHawk logo on retail displays, flags, caps, cups, and T-shirts.

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIAAA supports and conducts research on the impact of alcohol use on human health and well-being. (It is the largest funder of alcohol research in the world.)  Here is what the NIAAA reports about college students drinking: