The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues.

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Aspen Institute Roundtable on Spectrum Policy (AIRS)

Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Spectrum Policy (AIRS) is a continuing series of roundtable discussions about spectrum policy held by the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program. The... Read More

Implementing the Common Core State Standards: A Primer on "Close Reading of Text"

Publication | October 9, 2012 | Sheila Brown, Lee Kappes
Education and Society Program
To assist teachers in understanding and employing the Common Core instructional emphasis on Close Reading in the classroom, this primer addresses the following key questions:1) What is Close Reading... Read More

Solving the Dilbert Paradox

Publication | April 15, 2011
Communications and Society Program
Solving the Dilbert Paradox is the volume resulting from the 2010 Aspen Institute Roundtable on Talent Development. This "Dilbert Paradox" finds expression in wasted opportunities for... Read More

Freedom and Connectivity: Advancing the Freedom to Communicate in the Americas

Publication | October 1, 2012 | Amy Garmer
Communications and Society Program
This report addresses critical deficits in connectivity and the freedom to communicate in the Western Hemisphere. The report highlights connectivity, competition, censorship and protection of... Read More

POWER-CURVE SOCIETY: The Future of Innovation, Opportunity and Social Equity in the Emerging Networked Economy

Communications and Society Program
Power-Curve Society, written by David Bollier, examines how technological innovation is restructuring productivity and the social and economic impact resulting from these changes. It addresses the... Read More

Spectrum as a Resource for Enabling Innovation Policy

Publication | March 12, 2013 | William Webb
Communications and Society Program
The 2012 Aspen Institute Roundtable on Spectrum Policy (AIRS) convened shortly after the presidential election to consider ways that spectrum policy could improve the economy through innovation. The... Read More

Aspen Institute Roundtable on Information Technology

Communications and Society Program
The Roundtable on Information Technology is a private seminar of 25-30 business executives, government leaders, and visionaries. It examines the implications of emerging information technologies on... Read More

Conference on Communications Policy

Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute Conference on Communications Policy brings together 25-30 key decision makers from the telecommunications and information industries, user and consumer groups, academics, non... Read More

Publications

Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation (PSI)
PSI disseminates knowledge to nonprofit and philanthropic leaders, policymakers, journalists, researchers, and other important opinion leaders through an extensive book and publications catalogue.... Read More

Building Higher Education Partnerships in the Maghreb

Publication | September 24, 2012 | Vanessa Zuabi, Tara Shallal
Middle East Programs
From June 2nd to 9th, 2012 the Partners for a New Beginning’s North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity Secretariat at the Aspen Institute (PNB-NAPEO) led a Higher Education delegation to the... Read More

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