ITIF will explore how IT can address these issues, looking at the experiences in various institution and states and exploring what can be done at a federal level to improve productivity in higher education.

Not only does the U.S. lag behind other countries in government- and business-funded university research, but we are falling even farther behind.

Presentation at the Council of Graduate Schools Research Forum.

A new book provides further evidence that American colleges are failing to adequately educate their students.

Do we have a successful formula when it comes to STEM education? In a provocative new report, ITIF President Robert D. Atkinson and education expert Merrilea Mayo, Ph.D., challenge our current approach and argue that reforms are urgently needed.

Presented on the importance of STEM Education

Rob Atkinson discusses his provocative report on STEM education reform at a digital town hall event featuring Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, OECD Attorney General Angel Gurria and columnist Thomas Friedman.

Keynote Presentation at the Kansas Economic Policy Conference

D.C. public schools are right to explore merit-based pay for teachers.

Are American's colleges really preparing graduates for the modern economy?