Jerry Wei, MPP On October 12th, Angus Deaton, a Princeton economist, won the Nobel Prize in economics for his “analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.” The economist… Read more “Saving the World’s Poor: A Nobel Prize Winner on Development”
Municipal Broadband – A Tool to Ease Internet Access Inequality in DC
Conor McGrath, MPA, Staff Writer Brief Policy Perspectives In January, the White House rolled out a new initiative to promote expanded broadband internet access nationwide. Among the… Read more “Municipal Broadband – A Tool to Ease Internet Access Inequality in DC”
New Financial Aid Rule A ‘Big Win’ For Students
Ashlynn Profit, MPA, Staff Writer Brief Policy Perspectives While the Obama administration’s adoption of “prior-prior-year” will simplify the federal financial aid application process for students, it could… Read more “New Financial Aid Rule A ‘Big Win’ For Students”
New Energy Bill Could Move USA Energy System into the 21st Century
Amy Gutierrez, MPP, Staff Writer Brief Policy Perspectives It’s easy to focus solely on fossil fuel production when discussing energy policy. The current debates concerning hydraulic fracturing… Read more “New Energy Bill Could Move USA Energy System into the 21st Century”
Worker Self-Directed Enterprises – A New Way of Thinking About the Workplace
Ryan Thombs, MPP A democratic workplace in which the workers own and democratically decide how profit is distributed has long been the ideal of socialist thinkers. Marx… Read more “Worker Self-Directed Enterprises – A New Way of Thinking About the Workplace”
Data-Driven Decision-Making, Results-Based Management, Big Data, Data Analytics – The New Normal?
Dr. Kathryn E. Newcomer, Director, The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration Jerry Wei provides great food for thought in his article on metrics. He is… Read more “Data-Driven Decision-Making, Results-Based Management, Big Data, Data Analytics – The New Normal?”
Trachtenberg Professor Dylan Conger Studies How New AP Science Courses Advance Student Outcomes and Interest in STEM
Kerry Belodoff, MPP, Staff Writer Brief Policy Perspectives Every year millions of American high school students take advanced placement (AP) courses to engage in more rigorous academic… Read more “Trachtenberg Professor Dylan Conger Studies How New AP Science Courses Advance Student Outcomes and Interest in STEM”
A Good Metric is Hard to Find
Jerry Wei, MPP A proliferation of data has increasingly come to define the modern condition. We now use data to track fitness (Fitbit), hail cabs (Uber), and… Read more “A Good Metric is Hard to Find”
Medical Cures Moves to the Senate, but Funding Questions Complicate Future
Paul Melmeyer, MPP Earlier this summer the House passed the 21st Century Cures Act by a 344-77 vote, and the bill was unanimously approved by the Energy… Read more “Medical Cures Moves to the Senate, but Funding Questions Complicate Future”
Now Soliciting Content for Brief Policy Perspectives!
Marisa Kanof, MPP – Executive Editor of Brief Policy Perspectives Hey Trachtenbergers! Brief Policy Perspectives is slated to launch our first content on Wednesday September 23, but… Read more “Now Soliciting Content for Brief Policy Perspectives!”
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