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Economics,
finance and industry
International
economic issues, trade and investment
Development
and international assistance
Terrorism
and homeland security
Environment
and Climate Change
Social
issues, children, minorities, rural issues
Telecommunications,
media and publishing
Rethinking International
Aid
U.S.
Dept of State, Office of International Information Programs, eJournal USA, November 2007
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itps/1107/ijpe/ijpe1107.htm
"By the 21st century, combined annual foreign
aid approached $70 billion…. And yet poverty, hunger, and underdevelopment are
still with us. The question, inevitably, is why? This issue of eJournal USA
offers leading thinkers' explanations of how the United States and other
nations continue to wrestle with this question…. This issue also profiles a
number of American efforts - launched by the U.S. government, by individual
American citizens, and by partnerships between the two - to help those in
need."
U.S.
Global Climate Change Policy
Fact sheet, U.S. Dept of State, November 26,
2007
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/nov/95662.htm
CSIS Commission on Smart
Power: A Smarter, More Secure America
Center
for Strategic and International Studies (Washington DC), November 2007
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071106_csissmartpowerreport.pdf
There
is a summary at http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4156/type,1/
The Age of Consequences:
The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Global Climate Change
Center
for Strategic and International Studies (Washington DC), November 2007
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071105_ageofconsequences.pdf
There
is a summary at http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4154/type,1/
A Climate of Conflict: The
Links Between Climate Change, Peace and War
Dan
Smith and Janani Vivekananda, International Alert, November 2007
http://www.international-alert.org/publications/getdata.php?doctype=Pdf&id=322&docs=980
A
general web page on this issue is at http://www.international-alert.org/climate_change.php
United Nations: Progress on
Management Reform Efforts Has Varied
Government
Accountability Office (GAO), November 2007
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0884.pdf
Remarks at National
Committee on U.S.-China Relations Dinner
Remarks
by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte, October 24, 2007
http://www.state.gov/s/d/2007/94262.htm
2007 Report to Congress of
the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
U.S.-China
Economic and Security Review Commission, June 1, 2007
http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2007/annual_report_full_07.pdf
The
news release (November 9, 2007) is at http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/latest_pressrelease.php
The Six-Party Process:
Progress and Perils in North Korea’s Denuclearization
Opening
statement by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher before a joint
hearing of subcommittees of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs,
October 25, 2007
http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2007/94204.htm
Promoting North Korean
Human Rights: What the Free World Can Do
Remarks
by Christian Whiton, U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea,
November 6, 2007
http://www.state.gov/g/senk/94697.htm
Burma-U.S. relations
Congressional
Research Service report, updated October 4, 2007
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33479.pdf
Burma and Transnational
Crime
Congressional
Research Service report, October 25, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/94850.pdf
Human Rights Concerns in
Vietnam
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, November
6, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=922
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down. Testimony by U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot
Marciel is at http://www.state.gov/p/eap/rls/rm/2007/94695.htm
Democracy, Authoritarianism,
and Terrorism in Contemporary Pakistan
Opening
statement by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte to the U.S.
House Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 7, 2007
http://www.state.gov/s/d/2007/94741.htm
Pakistan’s Political Crisis
and State of Emergency
Congressional
Research Service report, November 6, 2007
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL34240.pdf
Bridging Modernity and
Tradition: Rule of Law and Search for Justice in Afghanistan
Leigh
Toomey and J. Alexander Their, U.S. Institute of Peace, October 2007
http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2007/1031_afghanistan.html
The Forgotten Front
Caroline
P. Wadhams and Lawrence J. Korb, Center for American Progress, November
2007
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/11/pdf/afghanistan_report.pdf
This
72-page publication looks at issues of governance, security, terrorism,
reconstruction, and the opium trade in contemporary Afghanistan. There is a
summary at http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/11/afghanistan_report.html
Syria: Options and
Implications for Lebanon and the Region
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, November 8, 2007
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2007/hrg071108p.html
Lebanon on the Brink
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, November
8, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=924
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
Iran’s Ballistic Missile
Programs: An Overview
Congressional
Research Service report, November 8, 2007
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RS22758.pdf
Regional Threats and
Security Strategy: The Troubling Case of Today’s Middle East
James
A. Russell, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, November
2007
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB814.pdf
The Economic Outlook
Hearing
before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, November 8, 2007
http://www.jec.senate.gov/Hearings/11.08.07EconomicOutlookHearing.htm
Federal Reserve
Communications
Speech
by Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, November 14,
2007
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20071114a.htm
The Role of Central Banks
in Credit Markets
Speech
by Jeffrey M. Lacker, president, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, November 7,
2007
http://www.richmondfed.org/news_and_speeches/presidents_speeches/index.cfm/id=103
Financial Instability and
the Federal Reserve as a Liquidity Provider
Speech
by Frederic S. Mishkin, a governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve, October 26,
2007
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/mishkin20071026a.htm
Economic Growth and
Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act
Federal
Financial Institutions Examination Council Joint Report to Congress, July 31,
2007
Published
in the Federal Register, November 1,
2007
http://www.ots.treas.gov/docs/4/481016.pdf
Microfinance in the United
States
Speech
by Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, November 6, 2007
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/speech/bernanke20071106a.htm
Income Mobility in the
United States from 1996 to 2005
U.S.
Dept of the Treasury, November 13, 2007
http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/reports/incomemobilitystudyfinal.pdf
There
is a news release with summary at http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/hp673.htm
Shareholder Rights and
Proxy Access
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs,
November 14, 2007
http://banking.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=286
The United States as a Net
Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position
Congressional
Research Service report, updated October 18, 2007
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/94834.pdf
Sovereign Wealth Funds and
Other Foreign Government Investments in the U.S.: Assessing the Economic and National Security Implications
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs,
November 14, 2007
http://banking.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=287
The United States and
China: Opportunities for Global Leadership in the New Economy
Remarks
by U.S. Under Secretary of State Reuben Jeffery III to the Internet Industry
Forum, in Seattle, November 19, 2007
http://www.state.gov/e/rls/rm/2007/95540.htm
This
speech particularly addresses issues relating to communications and information
technology, and the internet.
Global Growth and
Distribution: Are China and India Reshaping the World?
World
Bank policy research working paper, November 2007
Connecting to Compete:
Trade Logistics in the Global Economy
World
Bank, 2007
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTLF/Resources/lpireport.pdf
“The
Logistics Performance Index and its Indicators”
Action Plan for Import
Safety: A Roadmap for Continual Improvement
Report
to the President, by the Interagency Working Group on Import Safety, November
2007
http://www.importsafety.gov/report/actionplan.pdf
Toxic Trade: Globalization
and the Safety of the American Consumer
Campaign
for America’s Future, October 30, 2007
http://home.ourfuture.org/assets/toxic-trade.pdf
Protecting the Playroom:
Holding Foreign Manufacturers Accountable for Defective Products
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, November
15, 2007
http://judiciary.house.gov/Oversight.aspx?ID=395
DEVELOPMENT and INTERNATIONAL
ASSISTANCE
Empowering
Women – Promoting Growth
Remarks by Henrietta H. Fore, Acting Director of
U.S. Foreign Assistance and Acting USAID Administrator, October 19, 2007
http://www.state.gov/f/releases/remarks2007/94710.htm
Partnerships for Promoting
the African Entrepreneur
Remarks by Henrietta H. Fore, Acting Director of
U.S. Foreign Assistance and Acting USAID Administrator, October 19, 2007
http://www.state.gov/f/releases/remarks2007/94712.htm
Current Debates on
Infrastructure Policy
World
Bank policy research working paper, November 2007
Global Challenges: The Top
Security Issues of 2008
Center
for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC, November 2007
http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/071114_intro_global_forecast.pdf
There
is a summary of this 63-page collection of essays at http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_pubs/task,view/id,4167/type,1/
Nuclear Weapons in U.S.
National Security Policy: Past, Present, and Prospects
Congressional
Research Service report, October 29, 2007
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL34226.pdf
What Are Nuclear Weapons
for? Recommendations for Restructuring U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces
Sidney
D. Drell and James E. Goodby, Arms Control Association, revised and updated
October 2007
http://www.armscontrol.org/pdf/20071104_Drell_Goodby_07_new.pdf
Disabling DPRK Nuclear
Facilities
David
Albright and Paul Brannan, U.S. Institute of Peace, October 23, 2007
http://www.usip.org/pubs/working_papers/wp5_dprk.pdf
War at Any Price? The Total
Economic Costs of the War Beyond the Federal Budget
A
report by the staff of the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, November
2007
http://www.jec.senate.gov/Documents/Reports/11.13.07%20Iraq%20Economic%20Costs%20Report.pdf
This
report looks at the costs of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. There is a
news release (November 13, 2007) at http://www.jec.senate.gov/Documents/Releases/11.13.07IraqReportRelease.pdf
The Future of the U.S.
Military
A
backgrounder by Greg Bruno, Council on Foreign Relations, November 7, 2007
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14721/future_of_the_us_military.html
The Army’s Future Combat
System (FCS): Background and Issues for Congress
Congressional
Research Service report, updated October 11, 2007
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL32888.pdf
United States Leadership in
Clearing Landmines and Saving Lives
Fact
sheet, U.S. Dept of State, November 13, 2007
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/nov/95071.htm
National Strategy for
Combating Terrorism: Background and Issues for Congress
Congressional
Research Service report, November 1, 2007
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RL34230.pdf
National Strategy for
Information Sharing
The
White House, October 2007
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/infosharing/index.html
There
is a fact sheet (October 31, 2007) at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071031-10.html
Stealing the Sword:
Limiting Terrorist Use of Advanced Conventional Weapons
RAND,
2007
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG510.pdf
Countering Violent
Extremism: Lessons from the Abrahamic Faiths
East-West
Center, October 2007
http://www.ewi.info/pdf/Attachments131.pdf
There
is a brief summary at http://www.ewi.info/announcements/news/index.cfm?title=News&view=detail&nid=626&aid=5287
The Victims of Terrorism:
An Assessment of Their Influence and Growing Role in Policy, Legislation, and the Private Sector
Bruce
Hoffman and Anna-Britt Kasupski, RAND, 2007
http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2007/RAND_OP180-1.pdf
FISA Amendments: How to
Protect American’s Security and Privacy and Preserve the Rule of Law and Government Accountability
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, October 31, 2007
http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=3009
Homeland Security
Technologies
Backgrounder
by Eben Kaplan, Council on Foreign Relations, November 19, 2007
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14827/homeland_security_technologies.html
Next Generation Border and
Maritime Security Technologies: [bill] H.R. 3916
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, U.S. House Committee on
Science and Technology, November 15, 2007
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2035
There
is a summary of the scope and purpose of the hearing at
http://democrats.science.house.gov/Media/File/Commdocs/hearings/2007/tech/15nov/Hearing_Charter.pdf
The
Globalization of R&D and Innovation, Part IV: Implications for the Science
and Engineering Workforce
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Technology and
Innovation, U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, November 6,
2007
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2032
A
National Analysis of Minorities in Science and Engineering Faculties at
Research Universities
Donna L. Nelson, University of Oklahoma, October 31,
2007
http://cheminfo.chem.ou.edu/faculty/djn/diversity/Faculty_Tables_FY07/07Report.pdf
There is a summary at http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/11/01/minorities
Research
on Environmental and Safety Aspects of Nanotechnology
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Research and
Science Education, U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, October 31,
2007
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2021
“Current Status of Planning and Implementation under
the National Nanotechnology Initiative”
Issues
Facing the U.S. Space Program after Retirement of the Space Shuttle
Hearing before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, November 15, 2007
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1916
International
Space Station: An Interactive Reference Guide
National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
updated October 2007
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/index.htm
Near-Earth
Objects (NEOs): Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA’s Report to Congress
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Space and
Aeronautics, U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology, November 8,
2007
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2033
Renewable Energy and the
Global Environment
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, October
30, 2007
http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=917
For
transcripts, please go to http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/testimony.asp
and scroll down.
The Future of Coal: Options
for a Carbon-Constrained World
MIT
Study on the Future of Coal, 2007
http://web.mit.edu/coal/The_Future_of_Coal.pdf
Economic Impacts of
Proposed House/Senate Energy Legislation on the U.S. Economy
Prepared
by CRA International, November 2007
http://api-ec.api.org/Newsroom/upload/API_CRA_Energy_Bill_Study_2007.pdf
This
study was commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute. There is a news
release at http://api-ec.api.org/Newsroom/energy-legis-economy.cfm
Why Are Oil Prices So
High?
Energy
Information Administration, U.S. Dept of Energy, November 2007
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/steo/pub/special/2007-oil-prices.pdf
The Costs and Benefits of
New Fuels and Engines for Cars and Light Trucks
RAND
working paper, November 2007
http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/2007/RAND_WR537.pdf
There
is a summary at http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR537/
and a news release at http://www.rand.org/news/press/2007/11/08/index1.html
The Future of Biofuels: A
Global Perspective
William
Coyle, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Amber Waves, November 2007
http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/November07/Features/Biofuels.htm
Biofuels: An Important Part
of a Low-Carbon Diet
Union
of Concerned Scientists, November 2007
http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/clean_vehicles/ucs-biofuels-report.pdf
There
is a summary at http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/vehicles_health/biofuels-low-carbon-diet.html
The Domestic Energy
Industry
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, November 6,
2007
http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1660
The
focus of this hearing is on the outlook for the U.S. energy workforce.
Review of DOE’s Nuclear
Energy Research and Development Program
A
committee of the U.S. National Research Council, National Academies Press,
2007
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11998
Managing the Nuclear Fuel
Cycle: Policy Implications of Expanding Global Access to Nuclear Power
Congressional
Research Service report, November 1, 2007
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/RL34234.pdf
The Global Nuclear Energy
Partnership
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, November 14,
2007
http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1662
Global Uranium Supply and
Demand
Backgrounder
by Toni Johnson, Council on Foreign Relations, November 2, 2007
http://www.cfr.org/publication/14705/global_uranium_supply_and_demand.html
ENVIRONMENT
and CLIMATE CHANGE
International Climate
Change Negotiations
Statement
by U.S. Under Secretary of State Paula J. Dobriansky to the U.S. Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations, November 13, 2007
http://www.state.gov/g/rls/rm/95130.htm
The
Under Secretary’s longer written statement is at http://www.state.gov/g/rls/rm/95132.htm
Issues in Climate
Change
Presentation
by Congressional Budget Office director Peter R. Orszag at the CBO Director’s
Conference on Climate Change, November 16, 2007
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/88xx/doc8819/11-16-ClimateChangeConf.pdf
A Time for Change: Improving
the Federal Climate Change Research and Information Program
Hearing
before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation,
November 14, 2007
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1915
IPCC, 2007: Climate Change
2007: The Physical Science Basis
Contribution
of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), November 2007
http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg1.htm
IPCC, 2007: Climate Change
2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
Contribution
of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), November 2007
http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg2.htm
IPCC, 2007: Climate Change
2007: Mitigation of Climate Change
Contribution
of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), November 2007
http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg3.htm
North American Carbon
Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle
Report
by U.S. Climate Change Science Program, November 2007
http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap2-2/final-report/default.htm
The
full report in PDF format is at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap2-2/final-report/sap2-2-final-all.pdf
and a news release is at http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071113_carbon.html
Historical Changes in
Precipitation and Stream Flow in the U.S. Great Lakes Basin, 1915-2004
U.S.
Geological Survey, October 29, 2007
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5118/
There
is a news release at http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1813
Blown Away: How Global
Warming is Eroding the Availability of Insurance Coverage in America’s Coastal States
Environmental
Defense, 2007
http://www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/7301_BlownAway_insurancereport.pdf
There
is a news release (November 2, 2007) at http://www.environmentaldefense.org/page.cfm?tagID=14044
Carbon Sequestration
Technologies
Hearing
before a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation, November 7, 2007
http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1913
A U.S. Cap-and-Trade System
to Address Global Climate Change
Robert
Stavins, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, October
2007
http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Research/wpaper.nsf/rwp/RWP07-052/$File/rwp_07_052_stavins.pdf
There
is a summary at http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Research/wpaper.nsf/rwp/RWP07-052
Growth and CO2 Emissions:
How Do Different Countries Fare?
World
Bank (Environment Dept), October 2007
Acid Rain Forming Emissions
Fall Sharply, EPA Reports
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) news release, November 16, 2007
For
further information, please see http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/progress/arp06.html
Research to Improve
Water-Use Efficiency and Conservation: Technologies and Practices
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, U.S. House Committee on
Science and Technology, October 30, 2007
http://science.house.gov/publications/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2020
The Long-Term Outlook for
Health Care Spending
Congressional Budget Office, November 2007
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/87xx/doc8758/11-13-LT-Health.pdf
Competition in Health
Insurance: A Comprehensive Study of U.S. Markets: 2007 Update
American
Medical Association, 2007
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/368/compstudy_52006.pdf
Trends in Nursing Home
Ownership and Quality
Hearing
before the Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means,
November 15, 2007
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=601
Pharmaceutical Researchers
Are Testing 92 Medicines and Vaccines for HIV and Related Conditions
PhRMA,
November 2007
http://www.phrma.org/files/Meds%20in%20Development%20for%20HIV:AIDS.pdf
There
is a news release at http://www.phrma.org/news_room/press_releases/92_medicines_and_vaccines_now_in_development_for_hiv%10aids/
Global HIV Prevalence Has
Leveled Off
News
release, Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS, and World Health Organization,
November 20, 2007
http://data.unaids.org/pub/EPISlides/2007/071119_epi_pressrelease_en.pdf
The
full report is at http://data.unaids.org/pub/EPISlides/2007/2007_epiupdate_en.pdf
Barriers to Equal
Educational Opportunities: Addressing the Rising Costs of a College
Education
Hearing
before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, November 1, 2007
http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/fc110107.shtml
Enrollments in Languages
Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2006
Modern
Language Association, November 13, 2007
http://www.mla.org/pdf/enrollmentsurvey_final.pdf
There
is a news release and summary at http://www.mla.org/pdf/enrollment_survey_release.pdf
Findings from the 2007 CGS
International Graduate Admissions Survey, Phase III: Final Offers of Admission and Enrollment
Council
of Graduate Schools, November 2007
http://www.cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/r_intlenrl07_III.pdf
The
news release is at http://www.cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/N_pr_intlenrl07_III.pdf
Reforming the Politically
Correct University
A
seminar organized by the American Enterprise Institute, November 14, 2007
http://www.aei.org/events/eventID.1595,filter.all,type.past/event_detail.asp
Labor Force Participation
and the Prospects for U.S. Growth
Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco, FRBSF
Economic Letter, November 2, 2007
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2007/el2007-33.html
Some Key Data on Working
Hours in the U.S.
Stuart
Basefsky, November 8, 2007
http://iwsdninternational.blogspot.com/2007/11/iws-some-key-data-on-working-hours-in.html
Long-Term Unemployment
Congressional
Budget Office, October 2007
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/87xx/doc8770/10-31-LongtermUnemployment.pdf
Farm Labor
Compilation,
by BNA Inc., of links to reports, analyses etc, November 2007