Daniel Ross DiSalvo[1] is a political scientist, author, senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, and professor and chair of political science in the Colin Powell School at the City College of New York–CUNY.
[1] In May 2014, DiSalvo received a Fulbright Award to teach U.S. history and politics at Universidad de San Andres in Buenos Aires, and lecture at several other cities in Argentina.
"Academics needs to test their ideas in a hard hitting, fast moving media environment, as your research may be enough for news but not enough for peer review.
[5] He concludes that collective bargaining within the government imposes these costs "while providing few broadly shared benefits".
[12] DiSalvo has tied problems in a number of professions to labor unions advocating for priorities that fail to serve public needs, such as police unions defending officers with disciplinary records indicating use of excessive force,[13] and school districts funding pensions for teachers while neglecting students with present needs.