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Listen to Amherst College President Michael Elliott discuss with cohost Kimberlyn Leary the practice of using #evidence well, the value of a liberal arts #education, and the advice he would give students graduating during today’s highly polarized environment.
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Michael Elliott on the Approach to Inclusive Institutional Change
Listen to Amherst College President Michael Elliott discuss with cohost Kimberlyn Leary the practice of using #evidence ...
Michael Elliott on the Approach to Inclusive Institutional Change
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Fay Twersky on Rethinking Institutional Distrust
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Fay Twersky on Rethinking Institutional Distrust
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Fay Twersky on Rethinking Institutional Distrust
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Justin Milner on the Power of Objective Evidence
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Do you trust your local, state, or federal government—or other institutions, for that matter? Justin Milner suggests tha...
Supporting free speech requires creating safe spaces for it, says Doug Elmendorf, dean of Harvard Kennedy School.Elmendo...
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#Research institutions have to have some skin in the game.LaTosha Brown believes that’s key to partnering with communiti...
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When families experiencing poverty have support to help them meet their basic needs—such as food to eat and a safe place...
In the US, $227 billion in public assistance support isn’t reaching people who are eligible to receive it. If they had t...