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The Connecticut Dem Showing How to Be Pro-Business and Pro-Labor

by Jim Sleeper September 18, 2018January 9, 2022

Ned Lamont has displayed a heterodox balancing of entrepreneurship and worker’s advocacy.

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Bake-Off: The Northeast GOP’s Quest for Fake Moderates

by D.R. Tucker December 31, 2017January 9, 2022

How do you reach for something that doesn’t really exist? In Connecticut, the state Republican Party is trying to figure out a way to pull off the same con Massachusetts Republicans pulled off nearly four years ago: Charlie Baker of Massachusetts is the most popular governor in the land, a wonky Republican with a business […]

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Thriving After High School: A Foundation to Build On

Thriving After High School: A Foundation to Build On

A new report makes a nuanced case for what post-secondary graduates need to get ahead.

by Bruno V. Manno

Workforce Pell’s Missing Rudder

Workforce Pell’s Missing Rudder

Congress finally opened Pell Grants to short-term job training. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.

by Bruno V. Manno

Once Globally Preeminent, U.S. Universities Are Sliding Into Decline

Once Globally Preeminent, U.S. Universities Are Sliding Into Decline

High costs, political attacks take a toll as fewer students come, top scholars leave.

by Jon Marcus

Higher Ed’s Affordability Problem Isn’t Just the Price

Higher Ed’s Affordability Problem Isn’t Just the Price

New survey data suggests that more Americans might see the value of a degree if schools simplified their pricing systems.

by Michael T. Nietzel