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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Advocacy Planning and Evaluation Program
Upcoming Events:Assessing the Capacity of Community Coalitions to Advocate for ChangeWednesday, May 22, 2013 | 8:15 - 9:45AMThe Aspen Institute, One Dupont Circle NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC... Read More
Blog Post | April 18, 2013 | Anonymous
Three student teams from across Los Angeles, representing Downtown Magnets High School, Taft High School and Westchester High School won the top prize during the Institute's final Aspen Challenge... Read More
Publication | March 4, 2013 | Rachel Curtis
Education and Society Program
School systems that provide their highest-performing teachers with leadership roles can elevate the profession and increase the impact of top talent. Pursuing teacher leadership allows schools... Read More
Blog Post | April 17, 2013 | Anonymous
ANDE's Executive Director, Randall Kempner, writes in Folha De S.Paulo about Impact Investing. Read article here (in Portuguese. English translation available here.) Read More
College Excellence Program
  From over 1,000 to 120 based on national data. In the first round of the selection process, Aspen convenes a Data and Metrics Advisory Panel (Data Panel) which works with the National... Read More
Event | August 3, 2013 - August 6, 2013 |
Aspen, CO
Communications and Society Program
The Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries seeks to address the need to rethink, realign and transform libraries for the digital society. The Dialogue engages a range of stakeholders from... Read More
Our nation is facing some of the greatest challenges in a generation.  And while our nonprofits, philanthropists and other social sector leaders have stepped-up to fill gaps, increase their... Read More
Blog Post | April 17, 2013 | Anonymous
Jonathon Price is the deputy director of the Aspen Strategy Group, which administers the Aspen Ministers Forum.The most recent round of negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, which took place in... Read More
Blog Post | April 17, 2013 | Peggy Clark
Peggy Clark is the Vice President of Policy Programs, Executive Director of Aspen Global Health and Development and Director of Artisan Programs @Aspen. The Aspen Global Health and... Read More

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