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Photographer: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images The next U.S. president and Congress will face a serious test: What to do, if anything, about the nation's retirement crisis? Americans aren’t saving nearly enough in their 401(k)s, while wide swaths of the workforce aren't saving at all, because they don’t have access to a retirement plan. Social Security, meanwhile, faces a financial shortfall as the baby boomers enter retirement. On the Democratic side…

In the past summer, over ninety Goldman School students interned in government, nonprofit and private agencies throughout the US and the world. Max Aaronson spent his summer completing a USAID Global Development Fellowship in South Africa.  Through USAID’s Global Development Fellowship, Max interned at the Reach Trust in South Africa.  The Reach Trust was established in 2012 to inspire and improve lives through the development of innovative and cost-effective mobile solutions. Max’s projects included the…

On the eve of the Marrakech Climate Conference (COP22) the global energy and development community has an opportunity to embrace and launch a new era of clean energy and energy equity.  We all need energy.  Without affordable, reliable, safe sources of electricity which can be easily accessed, people remain stuck in poverty. There aren’t lights in homes for children to do homework nor energy for economic opportunity and advancement. Health clinics don’t have refrigerators…

When I was in high school, I earned A’s in all my math classes—until I took calculus. In algebra and geometry, I could coast on memorizing formulas, but now I had to think for myself. It was disastrous, culminating in my getting a charity “C,” and I barely passed my college calculus class. The reason, I was convinced, was that I didn’t have a math mind. I have avoided the subject ever…

In the past summer, over ninety Goldman School students interned in government, nonprofit and private agencies throughout the US and the world. John Parker (second from left) poses with members of the Year Up Bay Area Veterans Initiative team. Johnathon Parker was part of a small team piloting an initiative to recruit young adult veterans into the Year Up program.  Year Up is a non-profit organization that provides low-income young adults who are disconnected from stable career pathways with…

UC Berkeley’s Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) was established in 1957 as an Organized Research Unit (ORU), and the first research institute in the world devoted to the study of systems, institutions, and processes of higher education. CSHE is now part of the campus’ Goldman School of Public Policy, in part reflecting the Center’s long history of interdisciplinary and policy relevant research. Previously, CSHE reported directly to the UC Berkeley Executive Vice Chancellor and…

​For the 9th time since August 14th, Colin Kaepernick knelt in protest during an NFL pre-game national anthem. Unlike his first protest in early August, this time he was joined by teammates Eli Harold and Eric Reid, and unlike his first protest, this time it didn’t make any headlines. Colin Kaepernick was featured on the cover of the October 3rd issue of Time Magazine as a result of the conversation he has sparked, centered on racial…

This past summer, over ninety Goldman School students interned in government, nonprofit and private agencies throughout the US and the world.  Sara Litke spent her summer completing a USAID Research and Innovation Fellowship (a.k.a. GDF fellowship) in rural Kenya, where she conducted an impact evaluation and developed surveys for a small agricultural nonprofit organization called Development in Gardening (DIG).   DIG focuses on nutrition-sensitive agriculture in developing countries.  Their mission is to improve the economic well-being,…

In the past summer, over ninety Goldman School students interned in government, nonprofit and private agencies throughout the US and the world. Ryan Sapinoso completed an Education Pioneers Summer Fellowship with Oakland Unified School District’s Continuous School Improvement Department. During the 2015-2016 school year, OUSD adopted a new framework for measuring school performance, and implemented a limited release of data to school leaders. Annual school performance data was additionally scheduled for a full public release in fall 2016 to…

Today the Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement at UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy joined the National Institute for Civil Discourse in calling on the presidential debate moderators to adopt a set of Debate Standards designed to ensure that the 2016 Presidential Debates are fair, informative, and civil. More than 60 organizations signed on to the debate standards, which include guidelines for moderators, the audience, and the candidates themselves. This election is the most uncivil in recent memory, and…