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A Profile of 2012 ACT-Tested High School Graduates: College Choice Report Part 2 Enrollment Patterns
Betsy Prueter Celia Hartman SimsACT has recently released data on 2012 high school graduates who took the ACT and enrolled in college. The report focuses on student enrollment pat... -
Extending the Frontiers of Financial Inclusion to Children and Youth in Ghana
Adadzewa OtooThe conference came against the backdrop of ongoing efforts by the government to develop a national financial inclusion policy for the country. Thu... -
My Big Campus
A school in rural India is using a community wireless network to enhance the learning environment for first generation learners
Hemant BabuTamarind Tree School and Nomad India Network are two non-profit organizations based in rural Dahanu in the western Indian State of Maharashtra in I... -
Digital Stewards Represent Detroit at the International Summit for Community Wireless in Berlin
New AmericaDigital Stewards from Detroit and Red Hook, Brooklyn join forces in Berlin at the International Summit for Community Wireless[a] This is cross-post... -
Time for the U.S. to Reskill? What the Survey of Adult Skills Says
According to a recentreport from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), it is more common to find adults with low level... - article | January 04, 2014
Big Ideas for a New America
New AmericaWhat if, upon graduating from high school, every young person was given an opportunity to complete a service year with other young people? Stan McC... -
Spectrum for Democracy: Special Issue of the Journal of Information Policy
The impact of communication technology, new media tools, and government censorship on free speech and democratic discourse has come into much great... -
The Global Assets Project 2013 Recap is Out!
Youthsave ConsortiumWe are pleased to announce that New America's Global Assets Project has just released its latest newsletter, recapping the past year jam-packed wit... - article | December 20, 2013 | Postsecondary National Policy Institute
Lingerers in the Community College
A recentreport from the Community College Research Center examines data on first-time college students at nine community colleges including demogra... -
Export Controls and Open Source Software
The Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ... - article | December 13, 2013 | Postsecondary National Policy Institute
The Next Steps: Building a Reimagined System of Student Aid
A recentpaper from the Brooking’s Institution’s Brown Center on Education Policy reviews 15 reports issued out of the Gates Foundation funded Reima... - article | December 13, 2013 | Postsecondary National Policy Institute
Snapshot Report: Degree Attainment
According to a recentreport from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, attainment of science and engineering (S&E) degrees has increa... -
Building a Mesh Networks in Rural Somaliland
Daniel HastingsI had heard about mesh networking before I arrived in Somaliland, but had never been in the position to actually build a mesh network. When I accep... -
The KEYSPOT Model: A Home Away From Home
This is the fourth of four blog posts about the Freedom Rings Partnership in Philadelphia and its KEYSPOT program, funded by the federal Broadband ... -
A Guide to the Wassenaar Arrangement
New AmericaThe Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ... -
International Agreement Reached Controlling Export of Mass and Intrusive Surveillance Technology
New AmericaThe Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ... -
International Body Moving to Restrict Export of Surveillance Systems Used to Commit Human Rights Abuses
New AmericaThe Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ... -
Export Controls and the Implications for Security Research Tools
New AmericaThe Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ... -
OTI wins prestigious partnership with the abc* Foundation for Commotion mesh network technology
We’re excited to announce that the ABC* Foundation has selected the Open Technology Institute (OTI) for a prestigious two-year partnership to deplo... -
Comments on Citizens Broadband Service Public Notice
GN Docket No. 12-354
The New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute joined Public Knowledge in submitting comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC... -
Comcast Expands Data Capping Trials: Why You Should Care
Katie FiegenbaumGuest post by Katie Fiegenbaum, Policy Intern with the Open Technology Institute Earlier this month, Comcast expanded its trial program that impose... -
Helping Philadelphians Adopt Broadband
This is the third of four blog posts about the Freedom Rings Partnership in Philadelphia and its KEYSPOT program, funded by the federal Broadband T...