Kelvin Pollard

The Gender Gap in College Enrollment and Graduation

By almost any measure, Americans have become more educated over the last 40 years. They are more likely to graduate from high school, enroll in college, and obtain degrees today than they were in 1970. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2009 Current Population Survey, more than half of Americans ages 25 and older have continued…

Which Types of Disasters Are the Deadliest in the U.S.? The Answer Is Surprising

Mortality remains one of the major outcomes related to natural disasters, and a recent study on which types of disasters are the deadliest has yielded interesting results. University of South Carolina researchers Kevin Borden and Susan Cutter found that, surprisingly, heat or drought to be the deadliest natural hazard during the time period from 1970 to…