Joseph Parrish is a rising star. It's unlikely one will ever be able to see him in such an intimate venue again. This Sunday at Ashmont Hill Chamber Music Society at Peabody Hall in #Dorchester #bostonweekend www.ahchambermusic.org

When people say a college education does not pay off, there's usually less to the argument than meets the eye. We looked at claims that apprenticeships pay more than bachelor's degrees. The claim is misleading, but the big takeaway is we need better data to allow learners to assess the options.

Great piece about what people with employer-sponsored #healthinsurance think employers should do to address #healthcare prices from Shawn Gremminger and my former colleagues @seligsohn.bsky.social and Dickson Su at @publicagenda.bsky.social buff.ly/ylo9CVR Complete survey findings: buff.ly/9xcqsiz

House/Senate are set to eliminate Grad PLUS, and put in place loan limits that would dramatically restrict graduate borrowing. Media coverage emphasizes impact this may have on very expensive programs like Medicine and Dentistry, but @peerresearch.bsky.social finds impact will be much(!) broader 1/

Great to join Chew's Views for a conversation about new @publicagenda.bsky.social research in partnership with @snfagora.bsky.social. Who in America believes in the rule of law, whether partisans think the other party is "downright evil," and more. @lilymasonphd.bsky.social

As part of @publicagenda.bsky.social's research on colleges that are effective levers of economic mobility, we partnered with @collegefutures.bsky.social to find out what effective colleges in California are doing to support mobility for students with low incomes. Find out what we learned!

Barriers to transferring college credit might sound like a niche issue, but @publicagenda.bsky.social's research found that it affects vast numbers of people and erodes trust in #highereducation. Fortunately, it's a problem that can be fixed.

The challenges we face are more acute than those faced by @publicagenda.bsky.social's founders. We celebrate our half-century of accomplishments recognizing that all of us who believe in government of, by, and for the people must level up. A democracy for all remains our North Star.

Join us TODAY at 1 pm eastern. How real is the right to vote in places across the US? What can you do about it?

Join us on Tuesday, May 6th at 1:00pm ET for Decoding Democracy: Do Your Rights Depend on Where You Live? to explore how where Americans live affects their access to the ballot box. Register free: lnkd.in/gF85E8Qb Special thanks to @democracy-notes.bsky.social for being our Presenting Partner!

"There’s a real cross-partisan commitment in [Illinois] to providing educational opportunities for groups that have not historically had them,” says @seligsohn.bsky.social of Public Agenda's new research on higher ed in Illinois. Read the full piece from @wbez.org: www.wbez.org/education/20...

New @publicagenda.bsky.social survey. www.wbez.org/education/20...

Researchers supported by @publicagenda.bsky.social's Democracy Renewal Project have documented disparities in ballot access across America's counties. This event is an opportunity to understand those disparities and hear from advocates what we can do about them. Join us! Registration link below.

Do nonpartisan election observers boost or harm voter confidence? @publicagenda.bsky.social's Emily Sandusky sat down with Wendy Hansen and Lonna Atkeson to find out what they learned from studying election observing in New Mexico.

Americans' attitudes toward democratic norms have a lot to do with who else they believe is here in America with them. @andrewifethompson.bsky.social's research, supported by @publicagenda.bsky.social's Democracy Renewal Project, helps us understand how that works. Join us!

Election season wasn’t just a grind for officials, campaign staff, and voter advocates—enter, academics. Columbia Prof. Don Green breaks down field experiments, voter turnout, and what polling misses in part 1/3 of conversations with folks from @publicagenda.bsky.social's Democracy Renewal Project:

Looking forward to this conversation with @lilymasonphd.bsky.social, @andrewifethompson.bsky.social. Kimberly Serrano of @immcouncil.org ouncil.org, and my @publicagenda.bsky.social colleague Emily Sandusky. Join us!

Latest @publicagenda.bsky.social survey: www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

@grahamruthven.bsky.social You and your pals can learn a thing or two about the Salt Lake City grid from the best non-TSS podcast out there. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/plat...

All of us who believe higher education is crucial to our country must also commit to making higher education as effective as possible in serving all students. This new survey from @publicagenda.bsky.social is one step toward improving transfer, which affects vast numbers of students.

Read about our fabulous new @publicagenda.bsky.social colleague!

This is tomorrow! If anyone didn't know before, it's now impossible to miss that elections have consequences. A free and fair election is the only opportunity for the citizenry to place a check on their leaders—or affirm the direction they're heading.

Join @public.bsky.social for a discussion of what we learned about democracy from the 2024 election cycle. You'll hear from Ashley Quarcoo of the Election Trust Initiative and researchers from Public Agenda's Democracy Renewal Project. Free to register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

To achieve a healthy democracy for all of us, the organizations and philanthropies leading the way need better evidence to guide their decisions. That means a major increase in research investment. Here’s my Democracy Take via @democracy-notes.bsky.social democracytakes.substack.com/p/wheres-the...

@seligsohn.bsky.social (who leads @publicagenda.bsky.social) has something to say about the democracy community: less hunches, more research 🔎 In the latest for us, Andrew talks letting research guide the democracy community's work from here on out: democracytakes.substack.com/p/wheres-the...

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I'm just back from a fabulous Darlingside show featuring the incomparable @isaburke666.bsky.social at Club Passim, the legendary folk club in Cambridge. In challenging times, you need to fill up your soul, and you need to be around people. Those are reminders for me.