The purpose of this report is to better determine the level of general public trust in public higher education and the content of published articles in the press that may influence and reflect public confidence. By conducting a six-month media scan of four California newspapers, an overview is...

Many societal trends and needs call for engineers to broaden their outlooks, have more flexible career options, and work closely and effectively with persons of quite different backgrounds. Yet the education and general orientation of engineers have been directed inward toward the profession,...

In the aftermath of SP-1 and Proposition 209, the University of California has adopted several strategies in order to maintain access. In the long term, the university seeks to work with individual students to improve their academic preparation and to expand partnerships with the K-12 public...

An insider’s perspective on the bureaucratic structure of governmental institutions that shape economic policy, and the incentives and limitations of the individuals who head them.

We examineways in which economists can communicate more effectively to policymakers and the broader public about offshoring and international trade.

This paper concludes that there is no reason to base our policies on the idea that small businesses are more deserving of government favor than big companies.

This book examines America's economy over the past several decades and the sources of our recent success and comes to surprising conclusions about what we can learn from it.