As automation rises in the workplace, speakers explore ways to train students and reskill workers.
November 22, 2019Program to provide leaders of America’s largest school districts, state agencies, and education nonprofits with tools to improve school performance and enrollment.
November 21, 2019Randomized evaluation of the TalkingPoints multilingual family engagement platform will assess the intervention's impact on student achievement.
November 19, 2019Top honors awarded to fields in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and in the MIT Sloan School of Management for a second year in a row.
November 14, 2019In new book, Nobel laureates Banerjee and Duflo examine what we know about the global economy and how to improve it.
November 11, 2019Professor of economics cites the importance of initiatives like the MIT Policy Lab, which helps academics focus some energy on influencing public policy.
November 6, 2019MIT economist Nikhil Agarwal analyzes the efficiency of markets that match suppliers and consumers but don’t use prices.
November 4, 2019New partners will work with J-PAL to develop rigorous evaluations of policies related to criminal justice, health, housing stability, and economic security.
October 28, 2019Partners will work with J-PAL North America to develop randomized evaluations addressing today’s rapidly shifting labor market.
October 25, 2019SHASS faculty members Nikhil Agarwal, Sana Aiyar, Stephanie Frampton, Daniel Hidalgo, and Miriam Schoenfield were recently granted tenure.
October 22, 2019In MIT talk, the former vice chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve reflects on his career as a policy leader.
October 16, 2019Professors share prize with Michael Kremer of Harvard University, are cited for breakthrough antipoverty work.
October 14, 2019New research looks at how environmental taxes can work for everyone, in Spain and beyond.
September 25, 2019How the humanities, arts, and social science fields can help shape the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing — and benefit from advanced computing.
September 24, 2019MIT PhD student explores the impact of scientists being "scooped" when a competing research team publishes results first, a concern for many disciplines.
September 23, 2019New J-PAL North America publication highlights how rigorous research can improve policies to help people access and maintain stable, affordable housing.
September 9, 2019At “SimPlanet” event, students test-drive new computer simulation to reveal outcomes of different policy decisions.
September 6, 2019Task force calls for bold public and private action to harness technology for shared prosperity.
September 4, 2019Deaths of prominent life scientists tend to be followed by a surge in highly cited research by newcomers.
August 29, 2019MIT research finds health savings from cleaner air exceed policy costs.
August 14, 2019