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Why Accreditation Exists: A Q&A with Antoinette Flores

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Why Accreditation Exists: A Q&A with Antoinette Flores

Antoinette Flores, director of higher education accountability at �鶹��ý, outlines the importance of accreditation.

Apr 6, 2026

Jeremy Bauer-Wolf

How the Right Twists Accreditation

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How the Right Twists Accreditation

Apr 6, 2026

Jeremy Bauer-Wolf

Accreditation 101

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Accreditation 101

Apr 6, 2026

Jeremy Bauer-Wolf

Representation Matters for Women of Color in Youth Apprenticeships

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Representation Matters for Women of Color in Youth Apprenticeships

Apr 1, 2026

Maegan Godoy

Laura Mauldin on Love, Caregiving, and the Politics of Abandonment

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Laura Mauldin on Love, Caregiving, and the Politics of Abandonment

Apr 1, 2026

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Could Higher Levels of Political Participation Become the New Normal?

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Could Higher Levels of Political Participation Become the New Normal?

Higher levels of political engagement seems to be the new normal, so what does this mean for our democracy?

Jul 6, 2021

Mark Schmitt

Is the United States Still a “New” Democracy?

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Is the United States Still a “New” Democracy?

A conversation between Anne-Marie Slaughter and Melody Frierson about the future of our nation, as the U.S. approaches 250 years.

Jul 6, 2021

Anne-Marie Slaughter, Melody Frierson

What We Know about Congressional Primaries and Congressional Primary Reform

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What We Know about Congressional Primaries and Congressional Primary Reform

This report offers an analytical overview of the effects of the primary election on politics

Jul 1, 2021

Lee Drutman

Theft Perception: Examining the Views of Americans Who Believe the 2020 Election was Stolen

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Theft Perception: Examining the Views of Americans Who Believe the 2020 Election was Stolen

Lee Drutman published a Voter Study Group report analyzing voters’ views of the 2020 election.

Jun 24, 2021

Lee Drutman

Ranked-Choice Voting is an Acquired Taste

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Ranked-Choice Voting is an Acquired Taste

A national survey experiment finds most voters, but especially older, Republican, and less educated voters, prefer the single vote to RCV.

Jun 10, 2021

Joseph Anthony, David C. Kimball

Electoral Systems Affect Legitimacy Gaps and Affective Polarization

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Electoral Systems Affect Legitimacy Gaps and Affective Polarization

This report examines the results of an experiment that investigated the effects of different electoral systems on democratic stability.

May 24, 2021

Sean Fischer, Amber Hye-Yon Lee, Yphtach Lelkes

Ranked-Choice Voting is No Refuge for Extreme Candidates

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Ranked-Choice Voting is No Refuge for Extreme Candidates

Survey experiment finds extreme candidates are not viewed as more electable under ranked-choice voting compared to plurality voting.

May 13, 2021

Melissa Baker

Ranked-Choice Voting Delivers Representation and Consensus in Presidential Primaries

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Ranked-Choice Voting Delivers Representation and Consensus in Presidential Primaries

Voters used RCV to nominate the strongest candidate and improve representation of the diverse electorate at the national convention.

Apr 27, 2021

Baodong Liu, Nadia Mahallati, Charles M. Turner

The Missing Link

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The Missing Link

This research examines RCV’s effects on substantive representation and finds minimal effects on fiscal & ideological representation

Mar 19, 2021

Arjun Vishwanath

Does Ranked-Choice Voting Reduce Racial Polarization?

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Does Ranked-Choice Voting Reduce Racial Polarization?

This research shows that switching from first-past-the-post to ranked-choice voting does not reduce the degree of racially polarized voting.

Mar 15, 2021

Yuki Atsusaka, Theodore Landsman

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Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

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Accreditation 101: A Fireside Chat on How Colleges Are Measured

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Why Accreditation Exists: A Q&A with Antoinette Flores

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Could Higher Levels of Political Participation Become the New Normal?

Is the United States Still a “New” Democracy?

What We Know about Congressional Primaries and Congressional Primary Reform

Theft Perception: Examining the Views of Americans Who Believe the 2020 Election was Stolen

Ranked-Choice Voting is an Acquired Taste

Electoral Systems Affect Legitimacy Gaps and Affective Polarization

Ranked-Choice Voting is No Refuge for Extreme Candidates

Ranked-Choice Voting Delivers Representation and Consensus in Presidential Primaries

The Missing Link

Does Ranked-Choice Voting Reduce Racial Polarization?

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