The Century Foundation Inc : 11 books
Dead Men Ruling
How to Restore Fiscal Freedom and Rescue Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
The news coming out of Washington, D.C., and reverberating around the nation increasingly sounds like a broken record: low or zero growth in employment, inadequate funds to pay future Social Security and Medicare obligations, declining rates of investment, cuts in funding for education and children’s...
The Future of Affirmative Action
New Paths to Higher Education Diversity after Fisher v. University of Texas
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
As the United States experiences dramatic demographic change—and as our society’s income inequality continues to rise—promoting racial, ethnic, and economic inclusion at selective colleges has become more important than ever. At the same time, however, many Americans—including several members...
by Lakhdar Brahimi, Thomas R. Pickering
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
For nearly ten years, the U.S. and the international community have been engaged in the struggle to secure a stable peace in Afghanistan. The international task force organized by The Century Foundation, under the leadership of Ambassadors Lakhdar Brahimi and Thomas Pickering, just released their report,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
This volume seeks to answer important questions about how socioeconomic school integration plans are faring and to provide guidance for how they can be sustained and expanded in the years to come. This research-driven volume features work by authors who offer a fresh perspective on critical issues such...
Jago Pakistan / Wake Up, Pakistan
The Report of The Century Foundation International Working Group on Pakistan
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2015
Pakistan is at a crossroads. While the threat from al-Qaeda has been diminished, militancy is still a critical, evolving, and growing threat. Pakistan lags behind most of its neighbors in many economic and human development indicators, while its democratic institutions are undercut by recurring civil-military...
Bridging the Higher Education Divide
Strengthening Community Colleges and Restoring the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Education has always been a key driver in our nation’s struggle to promote social mobility and widen the circle of people who can enjoy the American Dream. No set of educational institutions better embodies the promise of equal opportunity than community colleges. Two-year colleges have opened the...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010
The use of race-based affirmative action in higher education has given rise to hundreds of books and law review articles, numerous court decisions, and several state initiatives to ban the practice. However, surprisingly little has been said, written or done to challenge a larger, longstanding "affirmative...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
Top Constitutional scholars launch a new jurisprudence to curb the rise of unfettered money in politics post-Citizens United. What is next for the First Amendment? And how can we advance a vision of the Constitution as a charter for a vibrant, participatory democracy? In the U.S. Supreme Court case,...
Beyond the Education Wars
Evidence That Collaboration Builds Effective Schools
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
"Beyond the Education Wars is filled with wisdom. Its thoughtful review and analysis of both research and specific case studies is first rate. It has been said that many of the most debated issues are the ones with the least effects. Anrig's book calls attention to what matters. I hope now that at the...
by Richard D. Kahlenberg, Moshe Z. Marvit
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
American society has grown dramatically more unequal over the past quarter century. The economic gains of American workers after World War II have slowly been eroded—in part because organized labor has gone from encompassing one-third of the private sector workers to less than one-tenth. One reason...
Tyranny of Consensus
Discourse and Dissent in American National Security Policy
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Why does the most highly advanced industrial country, commanding unparalleled access to vast sources of global intelligence and information, seem to so often miscalculate the realities and risks of its foreign interventions? In Tyranny of Consensus, Janne E. Nolan examines three cases—the Islamic...