Blazing a Trail to Education Innovation

By: Jeremy Deutchman

November 13, 2009 5:00 AM

• 
• David Dwyer, USC Rossier's first Katzman-Ernst Chair for Educational Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation

David Dwyer is serious about change. It’s a focus that has grown out of a distinguished, decades-long career as an entrepreneur, educator, researcher and technologist, and one he brings with him to his new position as the USC Rossier School...

view full story

• Society Must Address Recidivism, Officials Say 11/11/09

  Nearly 650,000 people are released from the nation’s prisons every year, and about nine million more are released from jails. Two-thirds of those who come out of prison are rearrested within three years of release.

• Students Draft Homeless Children Bill 11/04/09

  Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) introduced legislation that USC School of Social Work students developed that mandates federal agencies reprioritize their funding to help keep homeless children housed with their parents whenever possible.

• USC College, L.A. Times Team on State Poll 11/04/09

  USC College and the Los Angeles Times today announced a jointly sponsored series of six statewide public opinion polls beginning Nov. 8.

• Center for Economic Development Gets Grant 10/28/09

  The USC Center for Economic Development was awarded a two-year $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to broaden the scope of the center’s applied research and outreach initiatives.

• Roski Discusses NFL Stadium Plans 09/30/09

  The NFL will return to Los Angeles to play in a new stadium for the 2013 season, USC alum Edward Roski Jr. proclaimed Sept. 22 as part of the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development Dean’s Speaker Series.

More news »

• Sheltering Homeless Saves Money, Study Says 11/19/09

  Placing four chronically homeless people into permanent supportive housing in Los Angeles resulted in more than $80,000 per year in savings to taxpayers and improved quality of life for the individuals.

• Analysts: Media Must Dig Deeper Into Afghanistan 11/17/09

  Policymakers and analysts are calling on the press to dig much deeper into the strife that engulfs Afghanistan and to provide better analysis on the policy options now before President Obama as he weighs whether to send thousands more American troops.

• Stimulus Grant Yields Child Abuse Update 11/16/09

  USC School of Social Work professor Penelope Trickett has been awarded $1.4 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to study how and why child abuse and neglect increases the risk for substance abuse in adolescents.

• Getting the Goods on a Moving Dilemma 11/04/09

  Each day in metro areas such as Southern California, millions of motorists steer onto the region’s roadways. Tens of thousands of other people take to the skies from one of the region’s airports. Others roll across the region aboard trains.

• SPPD Grad Wins Award for Best Dissertation 11/02/09

  USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development alumna Anupama Mann recently received the Gill-Chin Lim Award for the best dissertation on international planning for her thesis.

• Conference Focuses on Intervention Research 10/26/09

  Twenty years ago, it was an impossibility. But on Oct. 22-23, social work investigators gathered for the Los Angeles Conference on Intervention Research in Social Work.

• The Worth of Water 09/29/09

  In the United States, despite droughts, water is accessible and relatively clean. You can find it in water fountains, sink faucets and store shelves. But what if you had to walk miles for a sip of clean water?

• Free Media Does Not Guarantee Fairness 09/23/09

  While many have argued that media freedom is integral to a functioning democracy and respect for human rights, a new study is the first to examine the effects of media freedom in countries that lack democratic institutions.

• USC Adds Zip to University Park Neighborhood 09/18/09

  In its continuing effort to be green, USC has partnered with the city of Los Angeles and Zipcar to expand car sharing in the University Park neighborhood.

• SPPD Hosts San Antonio Chamber of Commerce 09/16/09

  The USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development hosted members of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce this summer in the first stop of the Texas delegation’s three-day Los Angeles tour.