International
UK has mountain to climb to emulate Swiss-EU crisis resolution | Horizon 2020, including the highly prestigious European Research Council grants sometimes described as the “Champions League of research”, is a big stick for the EU.
U.S. National
Report: Asian-American Wealth Inequality Gap Widening | Wealth among Asian Americans is so highly concentrated among those at the top of the socioeconomic ladder that wealth inequality among people of Asian descent is even greater than the already high wealth inequality among Whites.
U.S. States
Will.i.am.-backed College Track’s 10-year Plan Working for Students | The California-based nonprofit — which got its start in 1997 in East Palo Alto — provides college advising, academic and financial support to first-generation college students such as Valdez over a period of 10 years, starting the summer before ninth grade and continuing through college.
A virtuous circle | Economic growth is at the center of the policies Gov.-elect Phil Scott hopes to pursue when he takes office next week. In Scott’s view, boosting growth will be the key to addressing the crisis of affordability that has eaten into Vermonters’ standard of living in recent years.
Institutional
Senior Institutional Research & Planning Analyst (3 openings) | The University of Maine System is looking to fill three positions as Senior Institutional Research & Planning Analysts. The analysts will all reside on the Augusta campus of the University of Maine.
Education Partnership Providing Pipeline for Success in Los Angeles | An innovative partnership on the east side of Los Angeles, which brings together California State, Los Angeles; East Los Angeles Community College; and the Los Angeles Unified School District, has been creating a “college-going culture” among students beginning with first-graders.