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Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression
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Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate
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Mar 26, 2026
Drinking Water Data for the Nation: Version 1.0 Release Webinar

Drinking Water Data for the Nation: Version 1.0 Release Webinar

Mar 31, 2026
The Understated Value of Regional Intermediaries for Workforce and Economic Development

The Understated Value of Regional Intermediaries for Workforce and Economic Development

Apr 1, 2026
Evictions in the District of Columbia: June 2025 – February 2026

Evictions in the District of Columbia: June 2025 – February 2026

Apr 1 – 2, 2026
The Charleston Regional Youth Apprenticeship Model

The Charleston Regional Youth Apprenticeship Model
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Like Baylor, the University of Alabama Steered Many Low-Income Families to Parent PLUS Loans

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Like Baylor, the University of Alabama Steered Many Low-Income Families to Parent PLUS Loans

How top universities boost prestige through aid tactics that favor wealthy students—while pushing low-income families into heavy debt.

Mar 26, 2026

Clearing the Lane for Apprenticeship

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Clearing the Lane for Apprenticeship

Mar 25, 2026

Braden Goetz, Lancy Downs, Morgan Polk, Taylor White

What’s in a Name? Unpacking Definitions of “Degree Apprenticeship” and “Apprenticeship Degree”

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What’s in a Name? Unpacking Definitions of “Degree Apprenticeship” and “Apprenticeship Degree”

Mar 25, 2026

Advice to the U.S. President

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Advice to the U.S. President

Mar 25, 2026

Grappling Growth Podcast

State Legislatures Weighing in on Workforce Pell

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State Legislatures Weighing in on Workforce Pell

Mar 24, 2026

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The Five Percent Solution

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The Five Percent Solution

This paper proposes relieving commercial broadcasters of their “public trustee” obligations.

May 1, 2002

Henry Geller, Tim Watts

Trouble on ‘The Endless Frontier’

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Trouble on ‘The Endless Frontier’

Inventions owe more than we often acknowledge to cultivation and the careful preparation of a seedbed.

May 1, 2002

Seth Shulman

Why the Public Domain Matters

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Why the Public Domain Matters

A paper on the importance of the public domain.

May 1, 2002

David Bollier

Who Owns the Airwaves?

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Who Owns the Airwaves?

Spectrum has become more valuable than all the gold, silver, and gems ever discovered by mankind.

Apr 1, 2002

Internet2 Backbone

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Internet2 Backbone

A factsheet emphasizing that Internet2’s last mile is the problem.

Jan 31, 2002

Michael Calabrese

Holy War, Inc (film)

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Holy War, Inc.

Peter Bergen takes viewers behind the scenes of bin Laden’s global jihad network, portraying it as a modern “corporation” of terror.

Nov 18, 2001

Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden

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Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden

Holy War, Inc. explains how Osama bin Laden built and led the global terrorist network Al-Qaeda.

Nov 7, 2001

Spectrum: Allocations, Auctions, Public Revenues

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Spectrum: Allocations, Auctions, Public Revenues

A breakdown of spectrum allocations, auctions, and public revenues.

Nov 1, 2001

Michael Calabrese

The Great Airwaves Robbery

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The Great Airwaves Robbery

Thanks to a misguided industrial policy, the most precious public asset of the information age is being held hostage.

Nov 1, 2001

Michael Calabrese

Why We Must Talk About the Information Commons

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Why We Must Talk About the Information Commons

Breaking down what the information commons is.

Nov 1, 2001

David Bollier

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