La Opinion quoted Richard Green of the USC Lusk Center on how California is slowly excluding residents with less education “Hemos estado importando graduados universitarios que es bueno”, dijo Green. “Pero lo que hacen los graduados universitarios es ofrecer mayor oferta por una vivienda; mientras que la mayoría de las personas que no tienen un…
In this episode of the PS You’re Interesting podcast, Jeff Jenkins and D. Roderick (Rod) Kiewiet, Professor of Political Science at Caltech, break down the long standing myth of the equalizing force of public education. We hold the idea that public schools present Americans with equal opportunity. Kiewiet gets to the reality through public school funding in California compared to the nation.
Our series opens with Jack H. Knott, Dean and the C. Erwin and Ione L. Piper Chair and Professor of the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. Under Dean Knott’s leadership, the Price School has experienced significant growth and has strengthened its position as leader in public affairs research and education. This year, USC Price is ranked 2nd…
Toward the end of the spring semester, representatives from three university student organizations showed up at a class taught by USC Price School of Public Policy Professor LaVonna Lewis and announced she had been chosen as the recipient of the 2018 Student Government Community Achievement Award.
EdSource quoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffe about the gubernatorial race.
The Atlantic’s “CityLab” highlighted a working paper by Richard Green, of the USC Lusk Center, and colleagues on how the rise of more educated people with higher incomes in metropolitan areas has increased housing costs. Increased housing costs predominantly affect the less educated. Although Green found that a higher number of college graduates in an area raises incomes for everyone, a 1 percent increase in college grads leads to a roughly 2.5 percent increase in the cost of rent.
Rochelle Steiner, a curator, writer, public art producer, and Professor of Critical Studies at USC’s Roski School of Art and Design. Rochelle shares with us how her lifelong interests in the public realm, audiences, and participation brought her to curating and have since informed her career.
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KPCC-FM’s “AirTalk” interviewed Jody Armour of the USC Gould School about the evolution and future of the black middle class. While education and job opportunities are now more accessible than they have been in the past for middle-class blacks, many families have been sequestered into neighborhoods with low home values, which can lead to disparity…
The corridor of gleaming high rises along Vancouver and Williams Avenues is a marked change from the early 2000s. When the Housing Authority of Portland (now known as Home Forward) applied for HOPE VI funds for the old Iris Court development, it was known as a rough area. Residents who lived there, or who knew of it by reputation …
Did the recent government shutdown cause your confidence in government to soar?
We thought not. Luckily, Anthony spoke with UC San Diego prof Thad Kousser about where gridlock comes from, what to do about it, and whether politicians really deserve all the blame they get.
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