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  • How to Help College Students Graduate

    January 08, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Better support systems in colleges, such as CUNY's Accelerated Study in Associate Programs, have led to lower dropout rates and higher student retention.

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  • Iowa keeping partisanship off the map

    December 08, 2013 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Des Moines, Iowa

    In Iowa, the “redistricting” of the state’s legislative and congressional boundaries is done by mapmakers who abide by nonpartisan metrics that all sides agree are fair — a seemingly revolutionary concept in the high-stakes decennial rite of redistricting.

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  • An Educational Surprise From Down East: The Maine Maritime Academy

    November 10, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    A college in the poorest county in Maine offers a high job placement rate and a relatively cheap education for seaside communities. At Maine Maritime Academy, students get hands-on experience to pursue relevant careers as navigation officers, engineers, and roles on the business operations side.

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  • Here Comes the Neighborhood (2013)

    October 19, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Mount Laurel, New Jersey

    An affordable housing development in Mount Laurel, N.J., holds promise for integration by placing the development in an upscale suburban area. Since 140 affordable units were built in 2000, there has been no effect on crime rates, property values, or taxes, in reference to nearby suburbs.

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  • How to Design a City for Women

    September 06, 2013 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Australia, Vienna

    Gender mainstreaming is the practice of creating “laws, rules and regulations that benefit men and women equally. The goal is to provide equal access to city resources.” Since the 90s the city of Vienna has adopted this into their urban planning, building things like apartment complexes for women, parks, and public transit that takes into consideration a women’s routine. In total, more than 60 projects to date have been built around this concept. “Once you’ve analyzed the patterns of use of public space, you start to define the needs and interests of the people using it," she explains. "Then planning can be

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  • Living-wage' movement growing in region

    September 01, 2013 |

    Orange County Register |

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    Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

    In the past five years, as federal and state minimum wage levels failed to keep pace with the cost of living, and as the recession took its toll, the living wage movement has accelerated. Across the United States, more than 125 cities and counties have enacted ordinances or passed ballot initiatives to lift the wages of the working poor.

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  • California Caps What Patients Pay For Pricey Drugs. Will Other States Follow?

    June 24, 2013 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Few people can afford the cost of medications for chronic illnesses. California administrators of federal health care have limited the amount a person can be charged per month for high-end medicine.

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  • Filling India's Huge Need for Vocational Training

    June 02, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Ghaziabad

    Over half of India’s population of 1.2 billion is under the age of 25. As such, there is a massive demand for skills training for young people to ensure their skills are matched with the needs of the job market. Gras Academy is a private job training center that provides classes in practical skills such as accounting, plumbing, and service job training. In the last ten years, they have trained over 28,000 students, and the center is part of a growing trend toward practical skills classes all across India.

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  • 'Boy or Girl?' Gender a new challenge for schools

    May 28, 2013 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Tampa, Florida

    Conventional school policies fail to address the needs of transgender students. A school district in Tampa changed its human rights ordinance to include gender identity and expression.

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  • A Simple Way to Send Poor Kids to Top Colleges

    March 29, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    Many poor students do not attend selective colleges not because they don't want to, but because they did not understand that they could. Basic information can substantially increase the number of low-income students who apply to, attend and graduate from top colleges.

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