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    Have Our Institutions Failed Us?

    Featuring Yuval Levin: Editor of National Affairs, Hertog Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center
    on March 26, 2018
    Americans’ attitudes toward the key institutions of public life – particularly in government, but more broadly as well – have been changing quite dramatically.  The resulting expectations have helped create…
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    Nonprofit Journalists Move to the Adult Table

    Featuring Rick Henderson: Editor-in-Chief, Carolina Journal
    on March 19, 2018
    As the number of traditional media outlets have declined for economic reasons, some gaps in coverage increasingly are being filled by nonprofit groups. Many of them are staffed by journalists…
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    A New Way to See the State Budget

    Featuring Joseph Coletti: Senior Fellow
    on March 12, 2018
    Money may not make the world go round, but it does provide the fuel for state government. Every policy discussion eventually comes down to a question of dollars and cents.
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    CEO Activism

    on March 5, 2018
    Corporate leaders are increasingly weighing in on contentious political and social issues. In this presentation, Professor Chatterji will look at why this is happening, what it means for their bottom…
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    The Disruptive Presidency: Trump After Year One

    Featuring Andy Taylor: Professor of Political Science, School of Public and International Affairs, NC State University
    on February 19, 2018
    The Trump Presidency has been nothing if not disruptive. The president has an eclectic administration that does not play by Washington’s rules. He communicates through a new medium and is…
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    The Bennett Hypothesis Turns 30: How Federal Funding Drives Tuition

    Featuring Jenna Robinson: President, James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
    on February 5, 2018
    In 1987, U.S. Education Secretary Bill Bennett asserted that increases in federal student aid make it possible for universities to increase tuition. In this presentation, Jenna Robinson will describe her…
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    Telemedicine: Expanding Rural Access To Health Care

    Featuring Katherine Restrepo: Director of Health Care Policy, John Locke Foundation
    on January 29, 2018
    North Carolina has 145 primary care shortage areas across the state, making access to health care especially difficult for patients living in rural areas. In this presentation, Katherine Restrepo will…
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    The North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship: Initial Findings from and Future Directions for an Independent Evaluation

    Featuring Stephen Porter: Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development, NC State University / Trip Stallings: Director of Policy Research, Friday Institute at NC State University
    on January 22, 2018
    The John Locke Foundation is honored to host two respected researchers from NC State University as Shaftesbury Society commemorates National School Choice Week During this session,…

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