Blogs




Resisting Violence & Raising Grades: Creating Safe and Supportive Schools in Arizona

Reports and Publications

April 2013

Erica McFadden, Madelaine Adelman






Sustaining Phoenix - Valley of the Sun: Beyond Desert Survival

Reports and Publications

April 2013

Grady Gammage, Jr



This report examines the sustainability of Phoenix, a desert city that some critics say is at risk due to extreme climate, water supply, growth demands and politics.




Citizenship or Something Less? The Economic Implications for Arizona

Citizenship or Something Less? The Economic Implications for Arizona



Reports and Publications

April 2013

Mike Slaven



This Morrison Institute Latino Public Policy report looks at the economic impact individually and collectively concerning the option of permanent residency vs. U.S. citizenship, as part of the nation's immigration reform proposal.




ELL: What's at Stake for Arizona?

Reports and Publications

March 2013

Oscar Jiménez-Castellanos, Ph.D., Arizona State University

Mary Carol Combs, Ph.D., The University of Arizona

David Martínez, Arizona State University

Laura Gómez, Arizona State University


Arizona Youth 'Dropped' and Disconnected?
Erica McFadden
March 1, 2013

Many Arizonans have expressed alarm at the seemingly unceasing stream of critical reports about our state’s public education system. Funding levels, class size, test performance — no matter what is measured, it seems, Arizona ranks poorly if not near the bottom.




Poor by Choice: The Power of Leadership

Presentations

February 2013

Steven G. Seleznow



"Poor by Choice: The Power of Leadership" was the title and focus of a presentation by Arizona Community Foundation President & CEO Steven G. Seleznow, who addressed The Arizona Leadership Forum in Phoenix on Feb. 8.




The State of Security in the US-Mexico Border Region

Reports and Publications

February 2013

Eric L. Olson, Erik Lee



This working paper lays out the principal challenges facing U.S.-Mexico land ports of entry, which function both to facilitate commerce between the two nations but also provides security. Co-author is Erik Lee, associate director of the North American Center for Transborder Studies (NACTS) at Arizona State University.




Arizona Directions 2013

Reports and Publications

November 2012

Andrea Whitsett, Sapna Gupta, Bill Hart