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You Can't Say That with Dennis Hayes
You Can't Say That with Dennis Hayes, co-founder of Academics for Academic Freedom. The first of a two part series exploring academic freedom - with Columbia University Graduate School...
04.29.2008 | 00:14:57 min | 2,587 Views | 0 Comments
John Stocks: The Crossroads of Public Education
The head of the National Education Association illustrates the pressures on our country's system of public education and the two responding camps emerging. In addition, Stocks advocate...
09.08.2009 | 00:17:08 min | 889 Views | 0 Comments
Will Mayoral Control Save Our Schools?
Diana Ravitch speaks at the Hoover Institution on issues about mayoral control theory and states opinions on the American public school system. This event was part of the Hoover In...
04.24.2007 | 00:44:09 min | 1,628 Views | 1 Comment
Koret Task Force
Disclaimer: Portions of the audio contained within this program have some static and other audio issues. The Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K-12 Education Presents: A Debate ...
01.18.2007 | 00:58:18 min | 955 Views | 0 Comments
Bruce Kogut: Resetting Corporate Governance
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Professor of Leadership and Ethics Bruce Kogut discusses how the economic crisis is shaping corporate governance.
04.15.2009 | 00:06:43 min | 1,004 Views | 0 Comments
The Flaws in Higher Education
Neil Rudenstine discusses the flaws in higher education and how education should be improved. Rudenstine was the Former President of Harvard University for ten years and former Provost...
10.08.2003 | 00:41:02 min | 883 Views | 0 Comments
The Koret Task Force on No Child Left Behind
The Koret Task Force on K-12 Education discusses the No Child Left Behind Act. During a conference on education hosted by the Hoover Institution, members of the Koret Task Force held a...
01.17.2008 | 00:52:17 min | 4,873 Views | 0 Comments
Queen Rania Al-Abdullah on a Child's Right to Education
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, UNICEF's Eminent Advocate for Children, speaks about the right of all girls and boys to realize their full potential through education. In...
11.18.2009 | 00:00:31 min | 43 Views | 0 Comments
Wild Ideas the Norm at Outrageous Business Plan Competition
Columbia Business School students present their "elevator pitches" at the annual A. Lorne Weil Outrageous Business Plan Competition. By exploring creative entrepreneurial ide...
04.03.2009 | 00:34:01 min | 1,315 Views | 0 Comments
Retooling Schooling: Innovations in Education
Retooling Schooling: Innovations in Education

With panelists Milton Goldberg, Monica Martinez, Randy Nelson and moderator David Sibbet.
10.16.2007 | 02:00:34 min | 3,442 Views | 0 Comments
Francois Bourguignon on the Millennium Development Goals
Francois Bourguignon, former Chief Economist at the World Bank, presents his research on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. He explains where the goals are being met and w...
02.13.2009 | 01:05:58 min | 278 Views | 0 Comments
Should Public Money Be Spent on Private Schools?
Once again, the IQ Squared debate series filled the auditorium of the Angel Place Recital Centre in Sydney's CBD, and this time it was to argue a hotly-felt topic, that "Public Fun...
06.24.2009 | 01:44:06 min | 385 Views | 0 Comments
Value Investing: Buy Cheap, Obscure and Out of Fashion
Professor Bruce C. Greenwald discusses his executive education course in value investing and what differentiates the practice from other investment strategies. "Most investors are...
02.07.2009 | 00:04:57 min | 11,240 Views | 1 Comment
Brian Greene's Big Idea
Brian Greene, string theory evangelist, introduces his big idea to help open the Ideas Festival. He tells the story of a soldier in Iraq who found solace in the grand concepts in a boo...
06.30.2008 | 00:08:13 min | 2,529 Views | 0 Comments
Eliminating Education Inequality: Wendy Kopp
Wendy Kopp wrote her thesis on the idea of creating a national corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in the neediest communities and become education leaders. ...
05.06.2009 | 01:06:00 min | 2,055 Views | 3 Comments

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