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Paying for College: Rising Cost of Higher Education

Bridget Terry Long

Bridget Terry Long discusses the results of her recent research on the rising cost of higher education in New England with a panel of higher education experts. Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and the New England Council.

View from the Corner Office in Massachusetts

Michael Dukakis

Three of its former governors discuss the attainment of the American dream in Massachusetts.

RealTalk: Strapped in Boston

February 2, 2006

Tamara Draut, author and director of Economic Opportunity, discusses her book, Strapped: Why America's 20- and 30-Somethings Can't Get Ahead, which offers a groundbreaking look at the new obstacle course facing young adults (the under 35 crowd) as they try to build careers, buy homes and star

Baby Boomers: A Generation in Transition

December 2, 2005

Robert Keough moderates a panel about how the aging of Baby Boomers will affect Massachusetts, politically and economically.

Minor League Baseball and Urban Revitalization

Charles Steinberg

November 4, 2005

Panelists discuss what minor league baseball teams bring to their host communities, and what it takes to get them there.

Immigration and the Changing Face of Massachusetts

The focus of this forum is the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth's recently released report providing a comprehensive look at the state's growing immigrant population.

Assets, Race and Social Mobility

Thomas Shapiro asks whether inequality in assets, particularly racial inequality, stymie social mobility. According to Shapiro, wealth is a special form of money.

Restructuring Urban High Schools: Report Card

Adria Steinberg

Adria Steinberg, Program Director of Jobs for the Future, gives a keynote address focused on national high school reform efforts, initiating a discussion about education reform in Massachusetts.