This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Murray J. Côté, Texas A&M University; Tiffany A. Radcliff, Texas A&M University, and Walter Thomas Casey II, Texas A&M University-Texarkana The governors of Texas and Mississippi announced that they were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite some steps taken by the Department of Defense (DoD), sexual assault and harassment prevention within the services and at individual installations could be substantially improved. The services could address…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Texas’ experience of last month’s deadly winter storm may have grabbed headlines, but its neighbors fared just as badly. Two weeks after the storm first touched Mississippi — and one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Offering cheap internet service is a powerful tool to boost internet access among low-income customers, but pricing changes alone won’t close the digital divide, according to new research. “The glass…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges, especially for organizations relying on volunteers. If you are one of those organizations, in a normal July, you might be planning (or planning to be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change is one of those rare issues that touches every aspect of our economic, social, and physical security. The United States continues to be one of the planet’s highest-emitting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pundits and politicians have been quick to point fingers over the debacle in Texas that left millions without power or clean water during February’s deep freeze. Many have blamed the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At Stilbruch, the department store in Hamburg, Germany run by the city’s sanitation department, only goods that others have thrown away are offered up for sale. But before they are…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from the ACT Center for Equity in Learning reveals that underserved students are more likely to have access to fewer devices at home with which to…
Sanjay Patnaik, director of the Center on Regulation and Markets and Bernard L. Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Development in Economic Studies, recently sat down with Dante Disparte, the founder…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How does change occur at the local governmental level? Many experts, advocacy organizations, academics, and ordinary citizens have diverse theories. La Liga De Ciudades Puerto Rico (La Liga) aims to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The private sector has come a long way with regard to corporate social responsibility (CSR) since Milton Friedman’s infamous declaration in The New York Times in 1970 that “The social responsibility of a business…