EDUCATION
Workforce Preparedness
As the US faces global competition and challenges to its economic strength, state legislatures are implementing new educational strategies to address the workforce “skills gap.”
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Cuba
The US and Cuba are moving toward normalized relations for the first time in more than 50 years. What is needed to create a collaborative environment?
IMMIGRATION
Latino Trends
Today, Hispanics are the largest minority in the US at 18%. What are the implications for state policies and voting patterns?
TECHNOLOGY
Innovation & Governance
The dynamic evolution of technology
has far-reaching applications to governing and dramatically impacts the role of the public in decision-making, engaging citizen participation in new ways.
THE CRIMINAL & SOCIAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
National Trends &
State Innovations
With 2.3 million prisoners in the American system, issues of overcrowding, recidivism, rising healthcare costs for geriatric prisoners, and the growing overall costs of corrections have led state leaders to focus on the causes and
consequences of the nation’s prison
policies and potential solutions.
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CRIMINAL & SOCIAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
National Trends & State Innovations
EDUCATION
Workforce Preparedness
FOREIGN
RELATIONS
Cuba
IMMIGRATION
Latino Trends
TECHNOLOGY
Innovation & Governance
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