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Professor Mbiti’s Work in Tanzania Recognized
Professor Mbiti began working with the organization Twaweza and Tanzanian government partners to develop a study called KiuFunza (“thirst for learning”) in 2012.
Conservatives worry that Obamacare is a ‘super-statute.’ It isn’t quite one yet.
Obamacare is a limited law, full of compromises that were necessary to secure its enactment.
Gibbs Named National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
Chloe Gibbs, an assistant professor of public policy and education and faculty at EdPolicyWorks, has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Foundation program.
Proliferation and Iran: Learning to Live with Nuclear Threats
The complex endgame of negotiations between the major powers and Iran underscores the limited options states have to combat nuclear proliferation, something with which U.S. policy planners are going to have to learn to live.
Warburg: Pope changes debate over global warming
Batten Professor Gerry Warburg discusses the extraordinary encyclical issued by Pope Francis this week and how it holds great promise for an issue that affects all life on our fragile planet.
Updating the Outdated: Craig Volden Seeks to Fix Research Model Errors
Research into public policy diffusion has exploded in the last 20 years. Scholars and thinkers have published hundreds of studies tracking the spread of policies from government to government. With countless dollars and thousands of hours invested, could it be that their studies are wrong? That’s what Batten School Professor Craig Volden seeks to find out.
Volden and Wiseman’s Book Wins the APSA Kammerer Award
The American Political Science Association (APSA) recently announced that “Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Congress: The Lawmakers” by Craig Volden and Alan Wiseman won the prestigious Gladys M. Kammerer Award for best book on U.S. national policy.
New Research Examines Behavioral Insights to Improve College Access
Each year, many students fail to enroll in college, enroll in institutions where they are not positioned for success or drop out before earning a degree. These students often have the academic skills needed and have access to affordable college options, but still face barriers to success.
Randall Lutter Awarded Grant to Study Cognitive Benefits of Breastfeeding
Batten School Senior Lecturer Randall Lutter was recently awarded a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study the economic value of improvements in cognitive performance attributable to breastfeeding.
Last Lectures: Why History Compels, and Not Everyone Should Get a Trophy
On Wednesday evening, Hale and Stam shared these life lessons with students as a part of Housing and Residence Life’s 24th edition of the Last Lecture Series. An annual spring tradition, the Last Lecture invites the University’s finest faculty members to impart their wisdom and knowledge to students as if it is their very last opportunity to do so.
