Welcome Back Students!
CPI will be hosting a welcome reception on Tuesday, October 1 at 4:30 pm. Come enjoy cupcakes, meet our staff, and learn more about the work we do and how to get involved. No RSVP required.
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Voices for Economic Opportunity
A coalition of the country’s top foundations have announced a “grand challenge” to recast debilitating narratives about poverty in the United States. This challenge will provide up to $100,000 in support of new initiatives that can broaden our national conversation about poverty and mobility.
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Segregation of Opportunity
In a new article in Demography, CPI affiliates Kendra Bischoff and Ann Owens examine the effects of rising income segregation on two types of inequality, the social resources available to students and the school funding available to students. Their research for this article was supported by a CPI New Scholars grant.
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Join the American Voices Project
The American Voices Project is hiring a Program Coordinator to be based at Stanford University and a Regional Director to be based at several locations near our interview sites. Apply now!
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Official Poverty Falls While Household Income Stagnates
The official poverty rate declined 0.5 percentage points to 11.8 percent in 2018, but median household income held steady at $63,179. The Supplemental Poverty Measure rate was 13.1 percent in 2018, not statistically different from the 2017 rate of 13.0.
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Food Insecurity Research Proposals
The University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research calls for research proposals on food insecurity using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Letters of intent are due by October 10, 2019.
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Student Debt
Often tagged the “student debt generation,” millennials took out more student loans, took out larger student loans, and defaulted more frequently. Here’s a step-by-step accounting of how we let this happen.
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Cardinal Service Fair
Explore the numerous public service opportunities with student organizations, campus programs, and community partners.
Saturday, September 21, Haas Center for Public Service, 12:00 pm
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Using Big Data to Improve Educational Opportunity
CPI research group leader Sean Reardon discusses a groundbreaking new initiative aimed at helping improve educational opportunity for all children.
Tuesday, September 24, CERAS 101 Learning Hall, 11:00 am
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New Narratives of Hope?
Harvard University Professor Michèle Lamont asks whether new narratives of hope can be developed in an era of declining mobility.
October 3, McClatchy Hall, Building 120, Studio 40, 12:30pm
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The Future of American Healthcare Policy
U.S. Congresswoman and Stanford alum Zoe Lofgren analyzes the politics and policy of the U.S. health care system... and discusses her personal journey from Stanford to Washington, D.C.
Monday, October 7, Clark Center Auditorium, 12:00 pm
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The Uplift of All
This conference features three days of lectures and panel discussions on the legacies of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. in a contemporary global context.
October 11– October 13, Stanford University
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A selection of poverty and inequality papers recently released by CPI affiliates
Babies, Work, or Both? Highly Educated Women's Employment and Fertility in East Asia
Mary Brinton, Eunsil Oh – American Journal of Sociology
The Impact of Brexit on UK Firms
Nicholas Bloom, Philip Bunn, Scarlet Chen, Paul Mizen, Pawel Smietanka, and Gregory Thwaites – NBER
New Destinations and the Early Childhood Education of Mexican-Origin Children
Elizabeth Ackert, Robert Crosnoe, and Tama Leventhal – Demography
Overwork, Specialization, and Wealth
Lisa Keister and Brian Aronson – Journal of Marriage and Family
Rising Policy Uncertainty
Steven J. Davis – NBER
The Segregation of Opportunity: Social and Financial Resources in the Educational Contexts of Lower- and Higher-Income Children, 1990–2014
Kendra Bischoff and Ann Owens – Demography
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