Policymakers from across the country gathered at Stanford for a three-day program designed to highlight the importance of investment in early childhood education.
A postdoc fellow on her work tying economic policy to social change: “It’s very important to me not to overly intellectualize this topic. I really want to start talking about solutions.”
Shiro Wachira envisions a new form of agricultural education that could empower Africa’s rural communities to see farming not as an unchanging method of survival but as a dynamic entrepreneurial activity.
Scholars and policy leaders addressed how to restore trust in Congress, the military, and more at a conference hosted by the Center for Revitalizing American Institutions.
In the wake of the tragedy unfolding across the region, Stanford has hosted a variety of educational events featuring expert discussion from multiple perspectives.
Cellphone data show that most people in big cities do not interact with others outside their own socioeconomic bracket, but locating meeting places between neighborhoods could help change that.
University leaders and tech experts celebrated the launch of an initiative dedicated to helping policymakers understand the implications of emerging technologies.
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Stanford GSB’s George Foster analyzed 30 years of pro sports management turnover and found that solid leadership is as important in sports as in any other business.
FBI Director Christopher Wray and the heads of four foreign security agencies spoke with Condoleezza Rice about the threat China poses to technological innovation.
A policy brief examines the reasons more Californians are moving to Arizona and Texas than ever before – and the political and economic consequences for the Golden State.
Thousands of people in the U.S. are in prison awaiting trial for misdemeanors. Research suggests text message reminders about court dates could reduce this number significantly.
A new Stanford analysis confirms what many have long suspected: majority-Black public schools in the United States are far more likely to be shuttered.
Democracy is messy, says Josiah Ober in his new book. “Democratic citizens must live among and negotiate the terms of their common lives with others who hold diverging interests. That means deliberating with people with whom we disagree.”
Getting people in Pakistan comfortable with mobile banking would improve financial inclusion, but social factors make users reluctant to pass information about the technology on to their peers, research by economics PhD candidate Mark Walsh has found.
