MDM’s eldest daughter received her Masters of Public Health today.  All three of MDM’s daughters are in college.  The youngest is an undergraduate, the second one is in a PhD. program at the same university as the eldest; in fact, they have been roommates this past year–much to MDM’s relief. 

It seems that each year funding sources keep getting scarcer.  MDM, after years of fighting in elementary school for smaller classrooms, textbooks, supplies, transportation among other issues, thought that higher education would be more accessible especially after attaining graduate level status.  However, that has not been the case.  Funding for postgraduate research is spotty depending on what political winds are blowing at the time. Collective preparedness is funded only to the extent that  it involves hot button issues with research worthy of a sound bite.   However, despite the instant gratification of today’s technology, real research involves years of study, observation, and tenacity.  To those ends, decision makers have an obligation to make longterm commitments in order to find longterm solutions.  Education and  access to education are longterm issues of public safety, welfare, and national security . 

Graduates this year have gone through one of life’s rites of passage–it is up to us collectively to insure that that passage is not prematurely stopped because of a lack of foresight and commitment.

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