Sat.Jan 20, 2018 - Fri.Jan 26, 2018

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Reforming the federal Experimental Sites initiative to better learn what works in higher ed: An interview with Amy Laitinen and Clare McCann, New America – Episode #162

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

As the new report “ Putting the Experiment Back in the Experimental Sites Initiative ” discusses, the U.S. Department of Education’s “Ex Sites” initiative — in place in one form or another since the mid-1980s — is designed to allow the Department to grant flexibility to institutions of higher education to test and evaluate potential federal policy changes, including around federal student aid rules.

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How the Rise of Technology Could Help Us Reclaim Our Paradise — Episode 015

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

Technology has changed the way we do pretty much everything in our daily lives. With technology-based transportation and convenience services such as Uber, Lyft, ZipCar, Instacart for groceries and Amazon for basically everything else, the ways people are getting around cities is changing drastically. These services dramatically reduce the need for people to use their personal vehicles, and this could mean a change in the future of land use in urban areas.