In The Media - Archive 2011

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The Washington Post. Dec. 26. A representative's occupation before election influences how liberal or conservative he or she will be in voting said Nic Carnes in this article on the class composition of Congress.

Washington Post. Dec. 14.  Helen Ladd's recent paper on poverty and education makes the case for eliminating the "No Child Left Behind" act.

Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Winter 2012. Bruce Jentleson discusses how the world has shifted from a focus on the US at the center as the sole super power to multiple spheres of influence and how the US needs to adapt to that new reality.

USA Today. Dec. 8. Economists are being called on to lead during the current fiscal crisis says Anthony Elson.

Towerview.com. Dec. 2. Pope "Mac" McCorkle, visiting associate professor at Sanford, discusses the current political scene, from the rise of Art Pope of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

The National Review Online.com. Dec. 2.  A discussion on teacher pay cites Jacob Vigdor's research.

The (Raleigh) News & Observer.com. Nov. 27. Terry Sanford was a great governor, university president and senator because he surrounded himself with creative thinkers, a quality today's leader need to emulate says Christopher Gergen.

The Financial Times. Nov. 25. Law schools are creating programs to train lawyers in business, and are especially needed to serve entrepreneurial companies says Kip Frey. 

NPR.org. Nov. 25. Bob Korstad discusses his research project collecting oral histories of the Jim Crow era, with its stories of violence and resistance to white domination on the program "Tell Me More." The focus was on what daily life was like during the period.

Democracy Arsenal.com. Nov. 22.  David Schanzer comments on how anti-Islamic feeling can hinder cooperation with police in Muslim-American communities.

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