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November 16, 2016
WWS Reacts: What a Trump Presidency Really Means for the Affordable Care Act
During the campaign, President-Elect Donald Trump said he would repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a system that covers 20 million people who were previously uninsured. Now, Trump says he’ll hold on to certain ACA provisions, such as providing care for those with pre-existing conditions. Regardless of what’s being said…
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October 26, 2016
Integration Between Pre-K and K-3 Programs Needs to be Strengthened, Princeton-Brookings Journal Finds
High-quality pre-K programs can indeed play an important role in improving later outcomes for children, particularly for children from more disadvantaged families, according to evidence presented in the latest issue of Future of Children, a joint-publication of Princeton University and the Brookings Institution.However, there…
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October 14, 2016
Why Private Health Insurers Are Losing Money on the Affordable Care Act
The choice of young people to forgo health insurance combined with the high cost of providing care for the sickest Americans are together generating big losses for insurers participating in the Affordable Care Act’s state insurance marketplaces.Aetna, one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies, announced in August…
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October 10, 2016
American Workers Prefer Set Work Schedules, But Would Take Wage Cuts to Work from Home
Affordable child care and flexible work schedules have all been topics of debates in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.Yet, according to a new study by Princeton University and Harvard University, the average American worker is indifferent to flexible work schedules and instead prefers a set 40-hour workweek.It comes down to…
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October 06, 2016
Dean Rouse Featured in “America’s Course on Poverty”
A new online course focused on poverty and inequality in the United States will launch Oct. 11 and run until Dec. 15, 2016. Developed by Stanford University, the course is free and open to the public and features Cecilia Elena Rouse, dean of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and…
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September 16, 2016
International Panel on Social Progress Seeks Comments on Report
The International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP), which brings together social scientists around the world to analyze social trends and spur debate about social change and possible choices between alternative policies and institutions, is seeking comments on the first draft of its report.The panel has launched an online…
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August 11, 2016
Neilson Ushers Peruvian Education Policy Laboratory
Professor Christopher Neilson is passionate about ensuring that government policy — in particular education policy — is founded on theory and measurement. He aspires to upend the typical formula where policymakers develop, implement and program, and then outside academics evaluate progress. Rather, he wants to make sure…
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June 29, 2016
WWS Reacts: Supreme Court Rules Texas Abortion Law Unconstitutional
In a 5-3 ruling, the Supreme Court this week struck down a Texas law that imposed regulations on abortion clinics in the state. The law, passed in 2013, required doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. Clinics were also required to be outfitted like surgical centers. Both provisions…
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June 23, 2016
Zika Virus Alerts May Have Prompted Uptick in Abortion Requests in Latin America
Pregnant women in Latin American countries were more likely to seek an abortion after receiving health alerts about Zika virus, according to a study co-authored by Princeton University researchers and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.The researchers analyzed data from Women on Web — an online portal that pairs…
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June 15, 2016
Wilson School Hosts Summer Policy Academy for Students from Pueblo and Navajo Nations
Eighteen high school students from 16 Pueblo Nations in New Mexico and two students from the Navajo Nation in Arizona are visiting the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs this week as part of the Santa Fe Indian School Leadership Institute’s Summer Policy Academy (SPA). The academy brings together…