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Tsoo Tsoon to be a Tsunami

Andrew Gillen at the Texas Public Policy Foundation says “Two Tsunamis are About to Hit Higher Education,” when :..the Department of Education released post graduate earnings and debt data broken down by college program — which will have a revolutionary impact on higher education.” A bit of poking around on the web gets you to the… Read more

18 January 20

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This is embarrassing

OK, so we Texans do need to knock a few pounds off; we’re #12 on the list of “fat states.” But to get beat out by Oklahoma and …. Michigan? That’s just wrong. Worse yet, Louisiana is NOT #1. This indicates a deplorable lack of pride and standards. Update (8 July). Reuters reports the same… Read more

7 July 11

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Citation Networks, visualized

Check out this great visualization of the citation linkages in the sciences. Tip from R-Bloggers. Read more

27 May 11

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public databases, statistical graphics, Technology

Why Texans think Californians are stupid, #4

The City of San Jose has posted their salary data online. Standout entry: the retiring Police Chief at $534,576. Tip from Drudge. Read more

14 February 11

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money, public databases, too stupid to be fiction

Transparency, thy name is Texas

The Texas Tribune has a wonderful database of (Texas) government employee salaries, searchable of course. Give yourself a big surprise by searching for “Ricardo Romo” (current UTSA President). Read more

27 January 11

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Brains per buck

The Center for American Progress has mapped every school district in the nation according to educational return on investment. How does your school district measure up? Tip from Joanne Jacobs. Read more

24 January 11

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Where the melting happened in the Melting Pot

The NY Times does total information overload about immigrant communities in the US–a fabulous display of a very dense data set. Tip from Jonah Goldberg at The Corner. Read more

20 December 10

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If you live in New York, move to L.A. Then move to Texas

Check out this visualization of American personal migrations. Tip from Flowing Data. Update (18 June). Apparently I’m not the only one who noticed that California has net outflow, Texas net inflow. Tip from Jonah Goldberg at The Corner. Read more

16 June 10

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