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event April 08, 2016

Starting From Scratch?

Iris Palmer

Both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton have proposed large new programs that would send federal aid directly to colleges through their states. Recently, New America released its own plan calling for an even more radical change: scrapping the government's current financial aid programs and directing all federal funding for higher education through the states. The report outlines how this change would lower college costs for low-income and middle-class students and prevent them from becoming indebted. But as with most complex policy issues, there is room for debate.

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A Global Renaissance in Postsecondary Vocational Education?

EVENT April 12, 2016 09:00 AM– 12:00 PM
New America

Tuesday April 12, 2016

09:00 AM – 12:00 PM


[u'New America', u'740 15th Street NW', u'Suite 900', u'Washington DC 20005']

Please join us on the morning of Tuesday, April 12 for a lively discussion on international trends in skills-based education and training policies. The event will feature experts from Latin America, Europe, Australia, Canada and the United States and will include two panel discussions, one on “pathway models” that will look at the context of vocational education in each country, and the other will critically examine “new” strategies such as competency based education and apprenticeship programs. Specific topics will range from Germany’s efforts to combine vocational and academic education, England’s “higher vocational education” pathways, new apprenticeship programs in Latin America, Australia’s vocational qualifications and labor market connections, and apprenticeships in Canada and the United States. All speakers will address concerns on how emerging pathway models support academic progression, social equality, and economic mobility.

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Holy Lands

EVENT April 13, 2016 12:00 PM– 01:30 PM
New America

Wednesday April 13, 2016

12:00 PM – 01:30 PM


[u'New America', u'740 15th Street NW', u'Suite 900', u'Washington DC 20005']

Today the Middle East is torn apart by sectarian wars. Yet in the nineteenth century, the Middle East was more tolerant than Western Europe. In his new book Holy Lands: Reviving Pluralism in the Middle East, Nicolas Pelham, argues that the Ottoman Empire allowed religious pluralism and self determination to flourish until European powers broke the empire up into secular nation-states, a spectacular failure spawning sectarian violence since. The solution, Pelham argues is to try and revive the lost pluralist tradition.Nicolas Pelham is The Economist’s correspondent in Jerusalem and writes on Arab affairs for The New York Review of Books. He first worked as a journalist in Cairo in 1992 and then joined the BBC Arabic Service. From 2001 to 2004 he reported for The Economist and the Financial Times in Iraq and Jordan. He is the author of A New Muslim Order (2008) and co-author with Peter Mansfield of A History of the Middle East (2010).

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article | April 08, 2016 | Asset Building
Asset Building News Week, April 4 - 8

Asset Building News Week, April 4 - 8

TOPICS: Social Safety Net, Fiduciary Rule, Secure Choice, Child Poverty, and More

Kalena Thomhave Patricia Hart

FEATURED STORY: WORK REQUIREMENTS AND THE SHIRKING SAFETY NET

On April 1, hundreds of thousands of childless adults in 21 states lost access to SNAP benefits because of the return of a policy that was implemented during welfare reform in 1996. The return of this policy has reignited the debate ...

press release | April 08, 2016 | Open Technology Institute

Anti-Encryption Bill from Senators Burr and Feinstein Would Be Disastrous for Cybersecurity, Tech Economy

Last night, a discussion draft of the long-awaited anti-encryption bill from Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Senator Burr, and Ranking Member Senator Feinstein was leaked online. The bill requires that any provider of electronic communications, storage, or processing service, or any software or hardware manufacturer, be able to decrypt any encrypted data of its users when the government demands that data with a court order.