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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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Accreditation 101: A Fireside Chat on How Colleges Are Measured

Accreditation 101: A Fireside Chat on How Colleges Are Measured

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The Great Game

The Great Game

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Here Where We Live Is Our Country

Here Where We Live Is Our Country

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The Fifth Pillar: Where Higher Ed Goes from Here

The Fifth Pillar: Where Higher Ed Goes from Here
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The Case for Free Air Time

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The Case for Free Air Time

A paper on what a free air time system should do.

Jun 1, 2002

Paul Taylor

The Myth of ‘Free’ TV

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The Myth of ‘Free’ TV

This paper calls into question the vast subsidies given to broadcasters in the name of free TV.

Jun 1, 2002

Saving the Information Commons

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Saving the Information Commons

Electronic technologies have dramatically changed market structures and people’s use of communications media.

May 1, 2002

Tim Watts, David Bollier

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

Terrorism’s Dark Master

Osama bin Laden eyes

Terrorism’s Dark Master

Dec 1, 2001

Vanity Fair

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