I really like this short essay from the Engaging Cities blog on the need for good structure for public discussion to work well--or at all. Why we need better public participation: Complex issues and how structure makes us think better. | EngagingCities. "Our...
At the most competitive colleges, the percentage of college students that come from the lower 50 percent of families by income is only 14%. See this recent NYTimes article, Efforts to Recruit Poor Students Lag at some Elite Colleges, on the challenges for both...
See Dennis Boyer's recent article, New Ways to Look at Climate Change, published in the Capital Times on June...
The cover story from the July/August edition of The Atlantic Magazine, How Junk Food Can End Obesity, is both interesting and quite likely to stir up some passionate discussion. As often is the case with Atlantic articles, some ideological punches are...
Let's Talk Politics, a new book by IF Fellows Suzanne Goodney Lea and Adolf Gundersen on restoring civility through exploratory discussion, is now available thru Amazon in an e-book (Kindle) version ($8.99) as well as in hard copy ($12.99). Get yours...
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This past year Professor Laura Black and Ph.D. candidate Anna Wiederhold from the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University conducted a research project on IF's public discussion process. Among other things, this research attempted to determine the...
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The Science section of this morning's New York Times included this short article on the importance of play: Playing for All Kinds of Possibilities. "Studies suggest that free, self-directed play in safe environments enhances resilience, creativity, social...
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