Feb 21, 6PM: Forum featuring Diane Lim, Batten Advisory Board member and Chief Economist at Pew Charitable Trusts ... read more »
Includes Senior Associate Dean David Breneman and Director of Center on Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness Jim Wyckoff ... read more »
Feb 26, 6:30pm panel discussion on the role of liberal arts at a research institution, featuring Batten professor Eric Patashnik ... read more »
Revolving Gridlock
Republican Saxby Chambliss announces retirement from Senate in 2014, citing "legislative gridlock and partisan posturing"
Batten professor Craig Volden knows about congressional gridlock. His work, Revolving Gridlock, examines the factors that influence policy action versus policy inertia.
According to his research, the success of Congress may depend less on party affiliation and more on political passion.