Archive for 2005

From a Nation at Risk to No Child Left Behind: Federal Compensatory Education Policies from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush

Friday, December 9th, 2005

Speaker: Maris Vinovskis

Vinovskis, Bentley Professor of History, Research Professor at ISR, and Professor of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, spoke on the historical aspects of the No Child Left Behind Act.

Maris Vinovskis congressional briefing

The History of the Social Security Administration

Monday, May 23rd, 2005

Speakers: Edward Berkowitz and Alice Kessler-Harris

Berkowitz, a professor of history and public policy and public administration at George Washington University, and Kessler-Harris, R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History in Honor of Dwight D. Eisenhower at Columbia University, spoke about the history of the Social Security Administration and the decision-making process that led to its creation.

Download Berkowitz’s presentation.

The Politics of Reform in Congressional History

Monday, April 18th, 2005

Speaker: Julian E. Zelizer

Zelizer, currently a professor of history at Princeton University and the author of On Capitol Hill: The Struggle to Reform Congress and its Consequences, 1948–2000, discussed the origin and consequences of congressional reform efforts.

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Read an article about the presentation.