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Except, of course, that these resolutions have only symbolic power--and real policy change still has to come from state and federal governments. "Referendums are the protest vehicle for the new century," says Elizabeth Garrett, director of U.S.C.'s Initiative and Referendum Institute. "People are dissatisfied with federal leadership, and...
In 2001, Jay Greene, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, published a study that peeled back the layers of statistical legerdemain. Poring over raw education data, he asked himself a basic question: What percentage of kids who start at a high school finish? The answers led Greene and subsequent...
Unfortunately, the players at universities that qualified for the tournament are failing to graduate at an alarming rate. For instance, 16 of the men’s teams this year graduated less than 40 percent of their athletes, according to a study conducted by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics...
A string quartet, the ubiquitous black dress, and white tablecloths set the mood in the Kirkland Dining Hall last night at the second Harvard College Democrats Gala Banquet, which honored presidential hopeful Mark Warner for his unconventional and successful approach to politics during his time as governor of Virginia. The...
The cliché that America is the land of opportunity and social mobility is slowly but steadily disappearing as social structures become calcified. Since the 1980s, income inequality has skyrocketed: income in the poorest household percentile grew by 6.4 percent, whereas the top one grew by over 70 percent. This...