AEI This Week
Aug 01, 2020
AEI's weekly digest of top commentary and scholarship on the issues that matter most
 
 
The real challenge of voting by mail
 
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There will be far more voting by mail this fall than we have seen before in a national election in America, writes Yuval Levin. That’s because Election Day will come amid a pandemic, and long lines at crowded polling places won’t be safe.
 
 
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How much will remote education actually cost?
 
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It’s worth roughly estimating what a remote learning experience really costs. Frederick Hess and Hayley Boling run through the major components.
 
 
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Pompeo’s China speech at odds with Trump’s America First foreign policy
 
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s address at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum was a hard-hitting overview of his take on where US policy toward China went wrong in the past and where it needs to head, writes Gary Schmitt.
 
 
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The fragile vaccine plan to save the world
 
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The United States could support the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility without undermining US domestic goals. James Capretta explains that it is plainly in our interests to do so.
 
 
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Blacks, Latinos feel unwelcome in STEM careers. And that’s a big problem for our economy.
 
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Brent Orrell and Daniel Cox write that making STEM education and careers as welcoming and accessible as possible for these populations should be a top priority for industry and policymakers.
 
 
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The case for a 3-year bachelor’s degree
 
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College students need both a rigorous liberal arts core curriculum and a faster track to graduation that would saddle them with less debt, explains Michael Poliakoff.
 
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