Center for Effective Government at UChicago
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http://effectivegov.uchicago.edu 04-08-2020 16:54:41
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We’re thrilled to announce our collaboration with The Associated Press. Translating scholarship from our Democracy Reform Primers Series into videos and Localize It guides for newsrooms across the US, this collaboration will support coverage of key reforms. Learn more: bit.ly/4b4KVVj
Did you know? The US has approx. 4,000 civilian political appointees in non-advisory roles at any given time. Prof. David Lewis from Vanderbilt University explains how this affects federal agency performance: effectivegov.uchicago.edu/primers/politi… #democracy #reform #primers #politicalappointees
"Be wary of the temptation to rest on your laurels." Viviana Martinez, CLA'20, shares key insights she learned from the Civic Leadership Academy at UChicago (part of Center for Effective Government at UChicago). har.rs/3VO7KqY
📣 Calling all nonprofit & local government leaders from the City of Chicago and Cook County – the Civic Leadership Academy (CLA) 2025 cohort is now open for applications. Apply now before September 3rd: effectivegov.uchicago.edu/news/apply-tod… Harris Policy #democracy
The Civic Leadership Academy at UChicago, part of Center for Effective Government at UChicago, is celebrating 10 years of impact, as CLA fellows describe the ways their careers – and their city – have been shaped by the experience. har.rs/46exOjT
📅 Don't miss our upcoming info session for the Civic Leadership Academy (CLA) 2025 cohort today at 12pm CDT. Join us virtually to learn more about this transformative program: effectivegov.uchicago.edu/events/cla-inf… Harris Policy #CLA2025 #Leadership #Social #Impact
🌟 Elevate your impact with the Civic Leadership Academy at Harris Policy 🎓 Don’t miss the virtual info session today 12pm CDT to learn more: effectivegov.uchicago.edu/events/cla-inf… #CLA2025 #Leadership
From the Democracy Solutions Project: CEG Advisory Council member Rudy Mehrbani writes in Chicago Sun-Times that “Schedule F is at best a gimmick and, at its worst, reckless and dangerous.” bit.ly/3LQgtE9
Is 2024 the most important election in US history? Is democracy really under threat? All this and more in a new Q&A from Professor William Howell of Center for Effective Government at UChicago. har.rs/46wUQCo
We seem to be living through a critical moment in US history. “Unprecedented” events now seem to happen every few weeks. For an objective analysis, join UChicago experts for a virtual Harper Lecture August 9. Center for Effective Government at UChicago Harris Policy
"I pulled so much from CLA, including the confidence to say 'why not me?' and to feel that I was fully capable of not only winning an election, but being the kind of Police District Councilor that I would want to see." Dion McGill Civic Leadership Academy at UChicago har.rs/3X18Jpf
🌟 Elevate your impact with the Civic Leadership Academy at Harris Policy 🎓 Don’t miss the virtual info session today 12pm CDT to learn more: effectivegov.uchicago.edu/events/cla-inf… #CLA2025 #Leadership
🌟 Elevate your impact with the Civic Leadership Academy at Harris Policy 🎓 Don’t miss the virtual info session today 12pm CDT to learn more: effectivegov.uchicago.edu/events/cla-inf… #CLA2025 #Leadership
Did you see Professor William Howell, the expert on presidential power and director of Center for Effective Government at UChicago, live from the #DNC on Scripps News Morning Rush at GoddessAndTheBaker yesterday?
The Center for Effective Government and POPVOX Foundation are excited to announce the 2024-25 Cohort of Effective Government Fellows from Harris Policy: Uchenna Andrew Offorjebe, Kathryn Luedke, and Nick Dokoozlian Jr. bit.ly/4dT34av
Turnout to vote for the public officials who run our cities can be abysmal — as low as 5% in some races. Our faculty director Christopher Berry joined Center for Effective Government at UChicago's Not Another Politics podcast to discuss whether changing the timing of elections help effectivegov.uchicago.edu/podcast/does-e…
🌟 Elevate your impact with the Civic Leadership Academy at Harris Policy 🎓 Don’t miss the virtual info session today 12pm CDT to learn more: effectivegov.uchicago.edu/events/cla-inf… #CLA2025 #Leadership
If reelected, Trump has promised to revive Schedule F, his plan to convert up to 50,000 career civil servants to political appointee status. What does academic research have to say? I review the literature in a Center for Effective Government at UChicago primer 👇 effectivegov.uchicago.edu/primers/schedu…