Times Higher Education features senior fellow Morley Winograd's Redeeming America's Promise initiative, a national campaign and inter-generational alliance dedicated to making college accessible to all Americans…….Continue Reading US calls for no-fee degrees gather momentum
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Dan Schnur: For better politics, it's time for some raging moderates
The Los Angeles Times published an op-ed by senior fellow Dan Schnur: "For better politics, it's time for some raging moderates"…….Continue Reading Dan Schnur: For better politics, it's time for some raging moderates
Richard Reeves: Catching Up with Big Data
Truthdig published senior fellow Richard Reeves' article, "Catching Up with Big Data"…….Continue Reading Richard Reeves: Catching Up with Big Data
Op-Ed by Kirk Johnson: The Iraqi Friends We Abandoned
This op-ed by 2014-15 visiting fellow Kirk W. Johnson was originally published in The New York Times. LOS ANGELES — "Let's be perfectly coldblooded about it," President Richard M. Nixon mused to Henry A. Kissinger. "South Vietnam is probably never gonna survive anyway." It was August 1972, and Nixon was worried about the inevitable collapse of South Vietnam after American forces withdrew. Mr. Kissinger concurred: "We've got to find some formula that holds the thing together a year or two. If we settle it, say, this October, by January '74 no one will give a damn." This formula became known as……Continue Reading Op-Ed by Kirk Johnson: The Iraqi Friends We Abandoned
The List Project founder Kirk W. Johnson joins CCLP as visiting fellow
Kirk W. Johnson is the founder of the List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies and the author of To Be a Friend is Fatal: the Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind. The List Project has helped more than 2,000 US-affiliated Iraqis find refuge in America by partnering with eight top law firms to provide pro bono legal assistance, along with thousands of American volunteers that help resettled Iraqis with "everything from retooling resumes to finding furniture." The List Project has been featured on 60 Minutes, This American Life, and documentary film The List. Prior to the List Project,……Continue Reading The List Project founder Kirk W. Johnson joins CCLP as visiting fellow
Meet the Editor: Geneva Overholser
Senior fellow Geneva Overholser was interviewed by Ruben Sanchez for the Innovator Series at Skyword…….Continue Reading Meet the Editor: Geneva Overholser
Managing director Geoffrey Baum quoted in The Examiner
Managing director Geoffrey Baum was quoted in The San Francisco Examiner, discussing his recent meeting with the California Community Colleges Board of Governors…….Continue Reading Managing director Geoffrey Baum quoted in The Examiner
Senior fellow Neal Baer writes in The Huffington Post about coming out
The Huffington Post: Senior fellow Neal Baer writes about coming out in his 50s and supporting gay rights through script writing…….Continue Reading Senior fellow Neal Baer writes in The Huffington Post about coming out
Faculty fellow Philip Seib named USC Annenberg Vice Dean
Faculty fellow Philip Seib has been named the Vice Dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, effective July 1. In addition to his role as a Professor of Journalism and Public Diplomacy and a Professor of International Relations, he also served as director of USC's Center on Public Diplomacy. Seib will use his 30 years of interdisciplinary teaching and research experience to develop more collaborations at Annenberg. "Among my goals is to make sure that there is more common ground shared by the School of Communication and School of Journalism – that there is a real……Continue Reading Faculty fellow Philip Seib named USC Annenberg Vice Dean
Latonero joins Data & Society’s inaugural class of fellows
Research director Mark Latonero has been named to the inaugural class of fellows at the Data & Society Research Institute in New York. Launched this year and led by pioneering scholar danah boyd, Data & Society aims to "advance the public's understanding of the challenges and opportunities presented by a networked society." By hosting events, developing policy frameworks, and creating projects and publicly available research backed by interdisciplinary collaborations, Data & Society addresses social, ethical, legal, and policy issues affected by data-driven technology. The Institute's fellows will work on "a bunch of thorny and interesting data and society issues," writes boyd…….Continue Reading Latonero joins Data & Society’s inaugural class of fellows