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Evaluating the Effects of Ranked-Choice Voting

Evaluating the Effects of Ranked-Choice Voting

This report presents the findings of 15 original studies on the effects of ranked-choice voting and related electoral reforms.

Mar 30, 2022

Lee Drutman, Maresa Strano

Community Perspectives on COVID-19 Recovery: A Report on 2021 Community Conversations

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Community Perspectives on COVID-19 Recovery: A Report on 2021 Community Conversations

Report about the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black and Latinx Chicago communities and ideas for equitable recovery policy.

Mar 21, 2022

Dominica McBride, PhD, Gabriela Garcia, PhD, Lisa Sargent, Scott Christian, PhD

Designing Equitable and Effective Workplaces for a “Corona-normal” Future of Work

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Designing Equitable and Effective Workplaces for a “Corona-normal” Future of Work

A toolkit designed to help managers design equitable, high results cultures for the digital, hybrid, and essential work of the future.

Mar 17, 2022

Brigid Schulte

Ill-Gotten Gains: Predatory Lending and the Racial Wealth Gap in Chicago

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Ill-Gotten Gains: Predatory Lending and the Racial Wealth Gap in Chicago

Predatory lenders have stripped billions of dollars from communities of color, but policymakers can do more to support wealth-building.

Mar 7, 2022

Spencer Cowan, Meegan Dugan Adell, Kathie Kane-Willis, Hala Kourtu, Vanessa Rangel

Building Trust: Election Administration and the Role of Higher Education

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Building Trust: Election Administration and the Role of Higher Education

Hollie Russon Gilman co-authored a Columbia World Projects report on how universities can restore trust in elections.

Feb 22, 2022

Hollie Russon Gilman

Equity and Racial Justice: Where Do They Fit in a National Security Strategy?

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Equity and Racial Justice: Where Do They Fit in a National Security Strategy?

Eight essays exploring what a U.S. national security strategy focused on racial equity and justice could look like at home and abroad.

Feb 22, 2022

Heather Hurlburt, Shalonda Spencer, Sneha Nair, Elana Aquino, Shannon Paige, Sundaa Bridgett-Jones, Mari Faines, Nola Haynes, Amaney Jamal, Theodore Johnson, Pratima Narayan, Esq.

Youth Apprenticeship Quality Assessment Tool

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Youth Apprenticeship Quality Assessment Tool

This four-step protocol aims to help youth apprenticeship leaders improve policies, procedures, and practices in support of learner success.

Feb 9, 2022

Lul Tesfai

Support for Ranked-Choice Voting across Race and Partisanship

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Support for Ranked-Choice Voting across Race and Partisanship

A large survey experiment tests how voters evaluate ranked-choice voting after reading how it works and arguments for and against it.

Feb 3, 2022

Joseph Anthony, David C. Kimball, Jack Santucci, Jamil Scott

For-Profit Colleges and the Myth of Institutional Equity

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For-Profit Colleges and the Myth of Institutional Equity

For years, for-profit colleges have maintained they must be regulated just the same as other colleges. It’s actually a faux equity campaign.

Feb 2, 2022

David Whitman

The Public Workforce Development System and Gig Workers

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The Public Workforce Development System and Gig Workers

Kelsey Berkowitz explores how the workforce development system can better help gig workers achieve their long-term career goals.

Jan 31, 2022

Kelsey Berkowitz

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Evaluating the Effects of Ranked-Choice Voting

Community Perspectives on COVID-19 Recovery: A Report on 2021 Community Conversations

Designing Equitable and Effective Workplaces for a “Corona-normal” Future of Work

Ill-Gotten Gains: Predatory Lending and the Racial Wealth Gap in Chicago

Building Trust: Election Administration and the Role of Higher Education

Equity and Racial Justice: Where Do They Fit in a National Security Strategy?

Youth Apprenticeship Quality Assessment Tool

Support for Ranked-Choice Voting across Race and Partisanship

For-Profit Colleges and the Myth of Institutional Equity

The Public Workforce Development System and Gig Workers

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