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18 Global Leaders on Eliminating Racial Discrimination

BY Aspen Global Innovators Group

On this International Day for the Elimination of Racism, we encourage you to explore the articles and resources from 18 Aspen Global Innovators Fellows.

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Employment and Jobs

Issue Brief: Work-and-Learn Models for Today’s Economy

Apprenticeships and structured work-and-learn programs, once focused primarily on younger people in particular careers, are valid options fo

BY Haley Glover

6 hours ago
Community Colleges

For community colleges, a lack of trust contributes to a lack of students

When community colleges don’t deliver post-graduation success, prospective students stop believing in the promise of education.

BY Pascale Charlot

Blog Post

6 days ago
Energy

Swift Implementation Roundtable Key Takeaways

On January 10, 2023, the Aspen Institute Energy & Environment Program convened a roundtable of experts to identify the elements needed t

BY Energy and Environment Program

Publication

6 days ago
Racial Equity

18 Global Leaders on Eliminating Racial Discrimination

On this International Day for the Elimination of Racism, we encourage you to explore the articles and resources below from 18 Aspen Global Innovators Fellows.

BY Aspen Global Innovators Group

Blog Post

1 week ago
US Government

Executing the National Cyber Strategy

MARCH 20, 2023 - The Biden-Harris National Cybersecurity Strategy has arrived. Pillar Four – Invest in a Resilient Future – is the most forward-looking part, and perhaps the most exciting. Deputy National Cyber Director Camille Stewart Gloster and other experts from government and industry joined Aspen Digital to discuss the next steps toward that resilient future.

BY Aspen Digital

Video

1 week ago
US Government

Disrupting Digital Threats

MARCH 15, 2023 - A discussion of the “all-tools” approach to disrupting digital threats, and how the U.S. government uses investment strategy, trade policy, prosecutions, and export controls to address threats to national security.

BY Aspen Digital

Video

2 weeks ago
Around the Institute

AYLF Miami accepting applications through April

The Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship's search for the inaugural cohort of Fellows in Miami open through Friday, April 14.

BY Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship

Blog Post

03.14.2023
Racial Equity

Scaling Lending to Entrepreneurs of Color

Applications are now open for our Microlending Accelerator Program, and we released a new brief on scaling lending to entrepreneurs of color.

BY Joyce Klein & 1 more

Blog Post

03.14.2023
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The Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy

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