Below is a presidential primary Q&A with Dean Skip Rutherford heading into tomorrow’s primaries in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont. The answers are drawn from a lecture Dean Rutherford is giving today to University of Central Arkansas President Lu Hardin‘s 2008 Elections Class.
Read MoreClinton Global Initiative University
A number of our students will travel to Tulane University in New Orleans in a few weeks to participate in the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U.), an extension of President Clinton’s yearly Global Initiative in New York that has spawned major commitments to fight global poverty, climate change and disease.
Read MoreClosing the Achievement Gap
Clinton School professor of education policy Keith Nitta made his television debut Friday on KARK Channel 4 where he discussed a report he coauthored on closing the educational achievement gap in Arkansas.
Read MoreClinton School River Market Campus
A group of Clinton School students, faculty and staff toured the future home of the school’s River Market Campus this morning. The school will have two classrooms, a conference room and office space on the third floor of the old Budget Office Building, which is being renovated as part of the Central Arkansas Library System’s new Center for Arkansas Studies.
Read MoreSuper Tuesday and the Barber Shop Poll
On election day for over 15 years, I stopped by Roy Sullivan’s Little Rock barber shop to get his predictions. About 95 percent of the time Roy correctly called the outcome. I never missed an election–and Roy never missed offering a prediction.
Read MoreCampaign Veteran at 21
“Kids for Hillary” founder David Helfenbein is featured in today’s New York Times. David is a friend of the Clinton School, having spent time here working on a project for his University of Pennsylvania history professor David Eisenhower. Eisenhower, who is also a friend, is the grandson of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Read MoreClinton School Students on the State of the Union
Clinton School Students watched on television as President Bush delivered the State of the Union Monday night. Here are excerpts from the papers they wrote analyzing his speech:
Read MorePresidential Election Update and Thoughts
John McCain won the Republican primary in South Carolina, but he’s lucky that his good friend Fred Thompson was also on the ballot. Thompson took enough votes away from Mike Huckabee to deny him the victory. Without Thompson, Huckabee most likely would have won. Still, Huckabee’s second place showing and his national appeal among evangelicals and conservatives makes him an attractive vice presidential choice if he doesn’t win the presidential nomination.
Read MoreA Day in the Delta
Throughout our two year masters in public service degree curriculum, Clinton School students are engaged in three major public service projects at the group (Practicum), international and individual (Capstone) levels. Our group projects are currently in progress–including some in the Arkansas/Mississippi Delta region.
Read MoreIowa Post-Election Reflections
Surprised at the victory margins of both Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee. Encouraged by the record turnout in both the Democrat and Republican caucuses. Shocked that the fourth-place finisher in the Democratic race (Bill Richardson) received only about 2 percent of the vote.
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