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AEI's research is informed by the understanding that freedom and prosperity depend on healthy social institutions. This section of the website gathers together AEI research, books, and events focused on social and cultural studies.

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"If conservatism's only idea of a civil rights program is opposition to affirmative action, if its only idea of a poverty program is opposition to welfare spending, then inevitably Americans will conclude that conservatives simply don't care about the poor. . . . The embrace of grassroots civil society is one way to dispel this notion, and to prove that conservative convictions are not only for the hard of heart."

--William Schambra, in a speech given at AEI, December 8, 2009

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Recent Publications

Lani's Heir

By Abigail Thernstrom
National Review
Monday, December 21, 2009

The proportional-representation systems that the Justice Department is considering will not remedy violations to the 1965 Voting Rights Act or erase race from American politics.

Expel Students Who Might Kill Themselves?

By Sally Satel
Minding the Campus
Monday, December 21, 2009

Expelling college students for suicidal thoughts or behavior violates clinical common sense; instead, universities should adopt enlightened individualized approaches to helping these vulnerable students.

Marxist Professors Are Gift to Climate Skeptics

By Kevin A. Hassett
Bloomberg.com
Monday, December 21, 2009

Academe has been so politicized, and so radically disconnected from the population, that ordinary citizens no longer trust anything that it produces--even science.

The High Cost of Ignoring Beauty

By Roger Scruton
The American
Saturday, December 19, 2009

Architecture clearly illustrates the social, environmental, economic, and aesthetic costs of ignoring beauty. We are being torn out of ourselves by the loud gestures of people who want to seize our attention but give nothing in return.

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Books

Education Unbound The Promise and Practice of Greenfield Schooling

By Frederick M. Hess
ASCD
(February 2010)

Frederick M. Hess introduces the concept of "greenfield schooling" and its potential to free-up schools to be more responsive to communities and kids.

The Science on Women and Science

Edited By Christina Hoff Sommers
AEI Press
(November 2009)

This volume is a is a lively, readable, and balanced collection of articles by distinguished scholars from both sides of an often-contentious debate over the complex relationship between gender and vocation.

The Politically Correct University Problems, Scope, and Reforms

Edited By Frederick M. Hess , Robert Maranto, Richard E. Redding
AEI Press
(September 2009)

Robert Maranto, Richard E. Redding, and Frederick M. Hess, along with nineteen other scholars and practitioners, examine how the politically correct imperative to promote "diversity"--of race, ethnicity, and gender, but not of ideas--has diverted higher education from its true purposes.

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Events

UPCOMING EVENTS

Education Reform: Reviewing the Obama Administration's First Year

Wednesday, January 27, 2010
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM

At this AEI event, scholars will discuss what to make of the administration's current agenda and what to expect in the future.

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PAST EVENTS

Conservatism and the Quest for Community

Tuesday, December 8, 2009
05:30 PM - 07:00 PM

William Schambra will deliver the December Bradley Lecture.

More Than Just Schools: Rethinking the Demand for Educational Entrepreneurship

Monday, December 7, 2009
09:15 AM - 05:00 PM

Please note the adjusted starting time for this event. This event will begin at 9:15 AM.

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