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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
Racial Controversies Are As Misleading Today As They Were When The Moynihan Report Was Written
In its Spring issue, Education Next takes note of the 50th anniversary of a 1965 publication issued by the U. S. Department of Labor entitled “The Negro Family.”
The Revolution That Could Change The Way Your Child Is Taught
The video does not seem remarkable on first viewing. A title informs us that we are watching Ashley Hinton, a teacher at Vailsburg Elementary, a school in Newark, New Jersey.
What Schools Can Do To Address America's Marriage Crisis, Part II
Last week, I argued that single parenthood is a major impediment to upward mobility for low-income youth, especially when parenthood starts in one’s teens or early twenties.
Did Education Suffer During The Great Recession?
When the Great Recession struck in 2008, it made young people think differently about American higher education, a Stanford economist says.
President Hennessy, Vice Provost Elam Speak At Sigma Nu Gender Issues Panel
In an event titled “Defining Manhood: What Can Men at Stanford Do?” Stanford President John Hennessy and Vice Provost Harry Elam spoke at the Sigma Nu house on March 10, along with Hoover Fellow Joseph Felter Ph.D. ’05 and associate professor of sociology, Robb Willer.
Why Many Smart, Low-Income Students Don't Apply To Elite Schools
Right now, high school seniors across the country are trying hard not to think about what is — or isn't — coming in the mail.
Condoleezza Rice Visits Campus, Speaks On Governance In Collegiate Sports
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke with USC Athletic Director Pat Haden on the state of governance in college sports at Town & Gown on Monday evening.
Signature Security Course Goes Online For Global Audience
International Security in a Changing World has been CISAC’s signature course since its inception in 1970. Thousands of Stanford students have taken the popular class, which has changed over time from a course focused on U.S.-Soviet arms control to one that analyzes an array of international security challenges and includes a two-day simulation of an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council.
Business Dean Seizes Rare Opportunity To Lead Hoover Institution, And Other News About People
As of late last year, Thomas W. Gilligan, 60, dean of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, thought he was in the final posting of his career in military, governmental, and educational leadership.
Fmr Kevin Mccarthy Counsel Is Hoover Institution's New DC Director
The Hoover Institution, a public policy research center in California's Stanford University which focuses on the study of economics, politics, history, political economy and international affairs, has just announced Mike Franc as its new Washington, DC programs director.
Modern American Conservatism: A Spirited Conversation At The Hoover Institution
It can be said with a high degree of certainty that Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover did not have the warmest of relationships.
Elite Private Schools Use Wide Range Of Ed-Tech Strategies
Prestigious private schools across the country are grappling with how best to use educational technologies, exploring a wide range of strategies that diverge from the approaches taken by most of their public school counterparts.
Not Enough Value To Justify More Of The Same
It is hard getting around the historic facts. Real per pupil spending has more than doubled in the past 40 years, but the mathematics and reading scores of 17-year-olds have barely budged.
Michael Spence At The Rimini Lecture In Economics And Finance Conference (9:20)
Hoover fellow Michael Spence discusses his book The Next Convergence: The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World.
Who Trashes Liberal Arts?
An op-ed piece titled "Conservatives, Please Stop Trashing the Liberal Arts" appeared last week in the Wall Street Journal. But it is not conservatives who trashed the liberal arts.
Stanford Scholar With An International Voice
Three weeks before departing on a senior year abroad, Russell Berman found out he would be spending his last year of high school in Austria, and staying with a family that spoke only German – a language he didn't then know.
Carnegie Mellon’s Dietrich College To Create New Institute For Politics And Strategy
Carnegie Mellon University’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences will open a new Institute for Politics and Strategy (IPS), effective July 1.
Real-World Governance Change
We need to take issue with a point in Andy Smarick’s thoughtful review, published in Flypaper, of our new book, A Democratic Constitution for Public Education.
Review Of Schneier’s Data And Goliath
Over at The New Rambler Review – a new online book review site that I highly recommend – I have a piece on Bruce Schneier’s new book, Data and Goliath.
First-Generation Students Unite
Ana Barros grew up in a two-family house built by Habitat for Humanity, hard by the boarded-up buildings and vacant lots of Newark. Neither parent attended college, but she was a star student. With a 2200 on her SATs, she expected to fit in at Harvard.