Senior fellow Dan Schnur was quoted in the International Business Times on President Obama's recent breakneck pace. "He realizes that he doesn't have a lot of time left in office, and he realizes that he's not going to be able to accomplish a great deal through Congress," Schnur said. "Those two motivators seem to be driving him forward."……
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President Obama’s new plan for free community college furthers Winograd’s initiative
On Friday, January 9, President Obama announced a new initiative to make community colleges tuition-free for students across the country. Modeled after Tennessee's free community college initiative, the program would help an estimated 9 million students a year to save an average of $3,800 a year. "Put simply, what I'd like to do is to see the first two years of community college free for everyone who's willing to work for it," said Obama in an online video. "It's something we can accomplish and something that will train our work force so we can compete with anyone in the world." Senior……
State of the Union Watch Party and Discussion
Over 100 students attended the State of the Union watch party hosted by the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy (CCLP) and the USC Unruh Institute of Politics. See more State of the Union photos on Flickr. KTLA and Telemundo covered the event alongside student representatives from Daily Trojan, Neon Tommy, and Annenberg Television News. Press Coverage: KTLA video interview: Local College Students React to State of the Union Address — Chris Wolfe Reports Annenberg TV News: Students React to State of the Union Daily Trojan: Annenberg hosts panel for State of the Union USC News: State of……
Reeves Edits New Book on Kennedy Era
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the New York Times has authorized a new book, The Kennedy Years: From the Pages of the New York Times, edited by CCLP Senior Fellow, Richard Reeves. The book draws on the paper's extensive coverage of the Kennedy presidency. Reeves, the author of the bestselling Portraits of Camelot and President Kennedy: Profile of Power, edited this collection of the New York Times' "unsurpassed coverage of the tumultuous Kennedy era which spanned the Civil Rights Movement, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, the space program,……
Obama Is Making More Sense Than the Loyal Opposition
truthdig: Senior fellow Richard Reeves headline, "Obama is making more sense than the loyal opposition."……
Immigration: Red, white, blue … and gray
Denverpost.com: Faculty fellow Roberto Suro blogs about the immigration reform needed in the United States…….
Monumental crowds drawn to witness election 2012 results at USC’s Ronald Tutor Campus Center
With far more than 500 guests throughout the evening, USC's community gathered around the election night coverage on Tuesday inside the Ronald Tutor Campus Center mirroring the anticipation felt across the nation. Students on hand to experience the event echoed the youth vote indicating that apathy amongst younger voters is often over estimated…….
Live presidential debate screening gathers record numbers of the USC community
Record crowds assembled at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism for the election season's first presidential debate, held on October 3, 2012. The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy, in partnership with Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, welcomed over 350 members of the USC community throughout the evening, the largest ever debate viewing on the USC campus…….
WATCH: DNC, Charlotte, NC –Top journalists and digital campaign strategists discuss election 2.0 and Clint Eastwood’s speech going viral
Following our successful panel at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, the USC Center on Communication Leadership and Policy (CCLP) continued their convention programming this week at the Democratic National Convention. The event was held at the Bloomberg link in Charlotte, NC in partnership with Harvard IOP and Bloomberg LP…….
Reeves in Redding Record – Reagan Centennial
The Redding Record wrote an article on the Ronald Reagan Centennial event held at the Reagan Library on February 2. Senior Fellow Richard Reeves was heavily quoted in the article stating that Reagan "changed American politics by reversing the populist political attitude of one that believed business was the villain to making government the adversary. Reeves called this an 'incredible political achievement.'"……