The Center for Policy Innovation is Heritage's "think tank within a think tank." The Center is modeled on units within creative companies and specific institutions that develop breakthrough ideas.
Driven in part by the technology of online education and in part by creative new business models, American higher education is encountering a remarkable period of “disruptive innovation.” So what will college look like in 2020? The Center for Policy Innovation invited Vance Fried, Riata Professor of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University, to offer his predictions. Read More.
There is a sense in our country that the American Dream is not what it used to be, and some research suggests there is now less opportunity and economic mobility in America. But the picture is complex, and the best way to understand... Read More.
The Harlem Children's Zone has attracted bipartisan interest as a combination of educational and support services that appears to produce remarkable educational results. How does it do that? How successful is it? And can the model and its results be "scaled up" and replicated? Read More.
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Senior Fellow Bob Moffit discusses eligibility ages and benefits of Medicare and how to reform the system without harming recipients on MPT's Inside E Street. …
Stuart Butler discusses the individual mandate and Obamacare. …
In this week's Heritage in Focus podcast, Dr. Bob Moffit discusses his new paper, "Obamacare Ends Medicare As We Know It." David Weinberger hosts. To …
Bob Moffit discusses Medicare reform. …
Bob Moffit comments on Medicare reform. …
Stuart Butler goes head-to-head with other think tanks on their proposals for budget reform. …
Stuart Butler discusses Heritage's Saving the American Dream plan on Lou Dobb's television program. …
Alison Fraser and Stuart Butler comment on Heritage's Saving the American Dream budget plan on Fox News. …
In this week's Heritage in Focus podcast, Dr. Robert Moffit discusses the one-year anniversary of Obamacare. David Weinberger hosts. To get regular updates on Heritage …
Dr. Robert Moffit discusses this week's vote on repealing Obamacare. David Weinberger hosts. To get regular updates on Heritage in Focus podcasts, visit our …
The Center for Policy Innovation is Heritage’s “think tank within a think tank.” The Center is modeled on those units within pace-setting companies and scientific institutions that develop breakthrough ideas.
The Center forms special teams of Heritage analysts and outside experts to explore and refine creative policy concepts and then feed them into the regular Heritage policy development process.
Much of the Center’s work is “experimental”, in which seminars, studies and Discussion Papers lay out policy ideas for examination and debate. After seeking reaction internally and externally, such policy thought experiments are refined and, in conjunction with Heritage research departments, turned into fully developed policy proposals.
In addition, the Center acts as one of Heritage’s links with the research community outside the Washington Beltway, fostering policy conversations and joint research projects.
This website provides a selection of cutting-edge papers and proposals generated by Heritage analysts and outside scholars on topics of particular focus for the Center. In keeping with the exploratory approach of the Center, the Key Documents included under each issue tab contain especially important policy ideas that push the envelope of discussion.