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October 17, 2023

Measuring Value in Higher Education

…Opportunity David Troutman, Deputy Commissioner for Academic Affairs and Innovation, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Sarah Turner, University Professor of Economics, Education, and Public Policy, University of Virginia Moderator: Beth…

October 2, 2023

Growing Up in Intact Families Matters More Than Ever

…the author of the forthcoming book Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization. David Bass is communications director for the Institute for Family Studies….

September 22, 2023

Repairing the Damage Columbia’s Teachers College Did to American Kids Will Take Years

…to go on serving her loyal followers, who continue to insist — all evidence be damned — her methods work. Mayor Eric Adams and his chancellor, David Banks, deserve a…

September 17, 2023

Tracking ‘two-parent privilege’ in Utah

…Studies and a visiting scholar at the Sutherland Institute. David Bass is the director of communications for the Institute for Family Studies. Derek Monson is chief growth officer at Sutherland…

September 13, 2023

American Dreamers

…offered concrete policy solutions. We were also joined by Professor David Staley from The Ohio State University, who discussed how institutions of higher education can serve as hubs of economic development while fulfilling their…

August 28, 2023

Here’s a Kind of Job-Training Program That Works

JOB-TRAINING AND WORKFORCE-DEVELOPMENT programs have long been plagued by weak wage and job-persistence outcomes. Since the United States spends markedly less on these types of programs than do other developed nations, it’s…

August 16, 2023

How to Strengthen the ‘Success Sequence’ in Utah

…a visiting scholar at the Sutherland Institute. Derek Monson is chief growth officer at the Sutherland Institute. David Bass is the director of communications for the Institute for Family Studies….

August 10, 2023

The Real Reason People Leave Religion

…2020, David Brooks wrote about the disintegration of traditional family life that featured large, interconnected networks of extended family members—grandparents, in-laws, cousins, nieces, and nephews. Brooks argues that extended families, composed of…

August 4, 2023

The Racial Wealth Gap: Myths and Realities

…1933 to 1977. However, Brookings Institute researchers Andre M. Perry and David Harshbarger rejected the Harris-Warren initiative because only 28 percent of current residents in formerly redlined neighborhoods are black. They claimed…

August 2, 2023

The Best Predictor of Happiness in America? Marriage

Americans who are married with children are now leading happier and more prosperous lives, on average, than men and women who are single and childless. Is that statement surprising? In an age…