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Guilty Plea from Cohen and Conviction on Ten Counts for Manafort Have Not Affected Overall American Optimism

The Fishlinger Optimism Index™, a breakthrough measurement of public opinion centered on Americans’ optimism about the future from the Fishlinger Center for Public Policy Research at the University of Mount Saint […]

8/31/2018 Read More

The Country Remains Divided Evenly on the Desired Tenure of the President Trump

The Michael Cohen guilty plea and the Paul Manafort conviction do not appear to have had an effect yet. The plea and conviction did occur in the middle of the […]

8/29/2018 Read More

Mount Ranks Among Best Small Colleges in Nation

Money magazine has published its annual college issue and the University of Mount Saint Vincent has placed as one of the highest-ranking Best Small Colleges, coming in at #46 in the nation. […]

8/15/2018 Read More

Tariffs, NATO, and Putin Take Their Toll on Optimism in July

Perceptions of national leadership fall dramatically The Fishlinger Optimism Index™, a breakthrough measurement of public opinion centered on Americans’ optimism about the future from the Fishlinger Center for Public Policy Research […]

8/1/2018 Read More

Increase in Midterm Voting Likely for Democrats

Early results from a July 2018 Fishlinger Poll suggest that there could be a rise in midterm elections voting for Democrats and Independents for both the Senate and House of […]

7/31/2018 Read More

Introducing the Fishlinger Presidential Meter

The Fishlinger Center for Public Policy Research at the University of Mount Saint Vincent is introducing a new report, the Fishlinger Presidential Meter. This measures whether U.S. adults aged 18 […]

7/30/2018 Read More

Mount Professor’s New Book Examines Influence of Polls on Presidential Election News Coverage

Riverdale, N.Y. – Associate Professor of Communication Vincent Fitzgerald has published The Influence of Polls on Television News Coverage of Presidential Campaigns through Lexington Books, a division of Rowman & […]

7/19/2018 Read More

Mount Professor’s Documentary Screened at New York International Immigration Film Festival

Riverdale, N.Y. – Assistant Professor of Sociology LinDa Saphan made her directorial debut in 2016 with a short documentary about lost Cambodian music, Nate from Lowell, MA. The documentary was screened at […]

7/12/2018 Read More

$3.5 Million Awarded to Mount Saint Vincent

HECap grant to expand educational value for growing student population Riverdale, N.Y. – The University of Mount Saint Vincent has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the Higher Education Capital […]

7/11/2018 Read More