August 12, 2013 IF Website Has a New Look We've recently completed a makeover on the website for the Interactivity Foundation! Our new website has a cleaner look, more images, improved blogging, easier navigation, and updated content. Among other...
August 7, 2013 A Forward Look at the Arts and Public Policy I am so excited that my first "sanctuary" project with the Interactivity Foundation is going to the printers. The Future of the Arts & Society guide for public discussion is...
August 7, 2013 Are the Rich Less Ethical? Generally, yes, according to recent research that is described in this PBS NewsHour video. http://video.pbs.org/video/2365029352/ Seems like this might have public policy implications not only for tax policy but for our criminal...
August 5, 2013 Can Suburbs Help Cities? This letter to the editor and subsequent comments from Sunday's NY Times on city and suburban and exurban regionalism, connectivity, and what has worked and hasn't worked to cross the divided...
August 1, 2013 Why we need structure for better public participation I really like this short essay from the Engaging Cities blog on the need for good structure for public discussion to work well--or at all. Why we need better public participation:...
July 31, 2013 Access to college remains a challenge for the poor At the most competitive colleges, the percentage of college students that come from the lower 50 percent of families by income is only 14%. See this recent NYTimes article, Efforts...
June 25, 2013 How Junk Food Can End Obesity The cover story from the July/August edition of The Atlantic Magazine, How Junk Food Can End Obesity, is both interesting and quite likely to stir up some passionate discussion. As...
April 30, 2013 New IF Report on Human Migration now available IF is pleased to announce that it has yet another new [lightbox link="https://www.interactivityfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Human-Migration-image.jpg" thumb="https://www.interactivityfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Human-Migration-image-231x300.jpg" width="231" align="right" title="Human Migration image" frame="true" icon="image"]Discussion Report now available for download from our website--on the...
April 26, 2013 New IF Report on Climate Change Now Available [lightbox link="https://www.interactivityfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Human-impact-on-Climate-picture.jpg" thumb="https://www.interactivityfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Human-impact-on-Climate-picture-231x300.jpg" width="231" align="right" title="Human impact on Climate picture" frame="true" icon="image"] IF Fellow Dennis Boyer's latest IF project report is completed and available for download from IF's website--on the Human...
April 3, 2013 What if we really could talk politics? [lightbox link="https://www.interactivityfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Lets-Talk-Politics-cover.jpg" thumb="https://www.interactivityfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Lets-Talk-Politics-cover-300x300.jpg" width="300" align="right" title="Let's Talk Politics - cover" frame="true" icon="image"]What if we could really talk politics in a civil manner? Whether the subject is gun control, fiscal policy...
March 29, 2013 Highlights from the Higher Education Programs Project Directors’ Meeting–March 26 & 27th. This last week, IF Fellows Sue Goodney Lea, Mark & Ieva Notturno, and IF intern Nneka Edwards attended—and staffed an IF exhibit table at—the U.S. Department of Education's 2013 Higher Education...
March 18, 2013 Let’s Talk Politics IF Fellows Suzanne Goodney Lea and Adolf Gundersen have a new book out about the IF [lightbox link="http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Talk-Politics-Exploratory-Discussion/dp/1482705656/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365019105&sr=1-1&keywords=let%27s+talk+politics" thumb="https://www.interactivityfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Lets-Talk-Politics-cover-300x300.jpg" width="300" align="right" title="Let's Talk Politics - cover" frame="true" icon="image"]discussion process: Let's...