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Save to My PortfolioWhen Learning Has a Limit

Ben Wildavsky, August 22, 2008, The Wall Street Journal

When Learning Has a LimitRecord numbers of students aspire to higher education. But, are far too many young people with inherent intellectual limitations being pushed to advance academically when they are “just not smart enough?” Ben Wildavsky argues that this deterministic vision of education, where IQ scores matter more than teaching, curriculum or effort, makes way for what is essentially an IQ-elite. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioViewing Education Loans Through a Myopic Lens

Sima J. Gandhi, June 2008, The Brookings Institution

Although the federal government dedicated nearly $40 billion to funding student loans in 2006, only 60 percent of potential students from low-income families attend college, compared with 90 percent from high-income families. Sima J. Gandhi argues that enrollment rates are lower than they could be because potential students undervalue loan subsidies, which are delivered after graduation instead of up front when a student enrolls and incurs costs. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioMetroPolicy for a MetroNation

Jennifer Bradley, June 2008, The Brookings Institution

To unleash greater local and national prosperity, U.S. metropolitan leaders need to be better equipped to deal with today’s increasingly dynamic economic, social and environmental realities. This summary outlines a new federal-state-metro partnership that provides metropolitan actors the support, capacity, tools and discretion they need to resolve key challenges; grow in more productive, inclusive, and sustainable ways; and, ultimately, to maximize America’s overall prosperity. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioMetroPolicy: Shaping a New Federal Partnership for a Metropolitan Nation

Mark Muro, Bruce Katz, Sarah Rahman and David Warren, June 12, 2008, The Brookings Institution

To unleash greater local and national prosperity U.S. metropolitan leaders need to be better equipped to deal with today’s increasingly dynamic economic, social  and environmental realities. This report calls for a new federal-state-metro partnership that provides metropolitan actors the support, capacity, tools and discretion they need to resolve key challenges; grow in more productive, inclusive, and sustainable ways; and, ultimately, to maximize America’s overall prosperity. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioCommercializing University Innovations: A Better Way

Robert E. Litan, Lesa Mitchell and E.J. Reedy, May 2007, AEI-Brookings Joint Center Related Publication 07-16

As technologies have grown more sophisticated and emerging industries have become more high-tech, universities have become more important players in the processes of invention, innovation, and commercialization. Robert E. Litan, Lesa Mitchell and E.J. Reedy anticipate universities playing an even more important role in the innovation process in the future. Read More

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Save to My PortfolioEquity and Excellence in American Higher Education

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Save to My PortfolioWho Needs Harvard?

Gregg Easterbrook, October 2004, The Atlantic Monthly

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Save to My PortfolioSaving For College? It Will Cost You

Henry J. Aaron and Melissa A. Cox, 6-Apr-03, The Washington Post

Opinion by Henry J. Aaron and Melissa A. Cox (4/06/03) Read More

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ExpertWilliam Galston

Bill Galston, the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies, is an expert on domestic policy, political campaigns and elections. His research focuses on designing a new social contract and the implications of political polarization.

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Former president and chief executive officer of the National Urban League, Hugh Price is an expert on education, civil rights, equal opportunity and criminal justice. His 40-year career spans journalism, philanthropy, the law, and social advocacy.

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Darrell M. West is the vice president and director of Governance Studies at Brookings. His studies include campaigns and elections, political advertising, mass media, public opinion, technology policy and electronic government.

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

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Alice Rivlin, the first director of the Congressional Budget Office, is an expert on urban issues as well as fiscal, monetary and social policy. She directs the Greater Washington Research project. 

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A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.