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Jeffrey Laurenti published in the Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review.
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For Joint Select Committee, Many Good Options , a report by Andrew Fieldhouse
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Richard Kahlenberg's Powerpoint Presentation from the Council for Opportunity in Education conference.
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An issue brief by Maggie Mahar.
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Andrew Fieldhouse, Economic Policy Institute/The Century Foundation Federal Budget Policy Analyst, and Isaac Shapiro, EPI Director of Regulatory Policy Research, discuss the key facts that indicate why taxes should be raised on the highest-income households.
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The debt ceiling deal that President Obama signed will lead to massive job loss in the short term and threatens economic growth in the long run, a new The Century Foundation/Economic Policy Institute analysis finds.
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An issue brief on the modified version of the lump-sum tax rebates by Andrew Fieldhouse, a federal budget analyst for The Century Foundation and Economic Policy Institute.
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Richard Kahlenberg's PowerPoint presentation as keynote speaker at a University of Wisconsin conference on higher education.
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A new TCF report of the No Child Left Behind legislation by Meredith P. Richards, Kori J. Stroub and Jennifer Jellison Holme.
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Charles R. Morris published in Commonweal Magazine.
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Richard Kahlenberg's PowerPoint presentation to the Orleans Public Education Network.
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A new issue brief by Gordon MacInnes takes a close look at the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Race to the Top programs.
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This is a PDF of the presentation by Richard D. Kahlenberg
“Admissions Preferences for Children of Alumni: Who Benefits? Who Loses?” is a pdf of the Power Point by Richard D. Kahlenberg from a presentation at the Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy New York University April 28, 2011
The presentation covers the following seven questions:
1: Does it Matter Who Goes to Selective Colleges and Universities?
2: How much difference do legacy preferences make?
3: What are the Historical Origins of Legacy Preferences?
4: Are legacy preferences consistent with the ideals of a Democratic Republic?
5: Do legacy preferences increase alumni giving?
6: What is the effect of legacy preference on students of color?
7: Are legacy preferences legal?
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Top Constitutional scholars launch a new jurisprudence to curb the rise of unfettered money in politics post-Citizens United. What is next for the First Amendment? And how can we advance a vision of the Constitution as a charter for a vibrant, participatory democracy?
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Despite the Taliban-fostered image that Afghanistan’s traditional society is not ready to accept women’s rights, Orzala Ashraf Nemat argues, the past thirty years have laid the groundwork for the active role of women in public life.
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Afghans largely recognize that their country has made considerable gains over the past decade, project director Jeffrey Laurenti argues in this background paper for the task force, but unreconciled internal divisions and the conflicting priorities of Afghans' foreign friends have aborted the country's return to stability.
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The international task force organized by The Century Foundation, under the leadership of Ambassadors Lakhdar Brahimi and Thomas Pickering, just released their report, Afghanistan: Negotiating Peace.
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An issue brief by Bernard Wasow looks into the myth that big government is to blame for a decline in quality health care, overspending and overtaxing in the United States.
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Charles R. Morris writes about how the rich have economically recovered—but the rest of the country hasn’t in Commonweal Magazine.
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A list of White Papers from the Afghanistan in its Regional and Multilateral Dimensions Task Force and Project.
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Obama hasn't made a peep about cutting U.S. support to NATO writes Michael Cohen in Foreign Policy .
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Thanassis Cambanis interviewed on PRI's The World.
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Thanassis Cambanis published in The Atlantic.
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Michael Wahid Hanna quoted in Washington Post.
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The Platform by Peter Osnos.
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Heather Schwartz suggests that a promising strategy to make high-poverty schools better involves providing low-income families a chance to live in more-advantaged neighborhoods, where their children can attend low-poverty public schools.
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Today, higher education is a major force in promoting social mobility, yet colleges and universities seem more concerned with prestige than finding ways to make higher learning more accessible. Rewarding Strivers outlines two high-profile models that colleges and universities can follow in making the American Dream a realistic one for all students.
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The Century Foundation, Demos and the Economic Policy Institute have partnered together to help strengthen social insurance programs and develop a road map for a fair and responsible federal budget.
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The Israeli public has become skeptical about the prospects for a durable peace with the Palestinians and resigned to isolation under nationalist rule rather than trust in internationally promoted accords. Is there still a constituency for peace in the Israeli public? Can it ever gain traction again?
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