Party Factions in America, Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, and More

The great student swap in colleges and universities, a global collective effort on the SDGs, and factional politics in congressional races.

View in browser September 12, 2022 Party factions in the 2022 midterms   The apparent stability of America's two-party political system masks the fact that the parties have changed enormously over the years. In the second piece of a new series on the 2022 midterms, Elaine Kamarck tracks factional politics in congressional races and outlines key lessons.   Read more The SDGs will need action, bonding, and ritual   Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic and its social and economic crises, the world is off track on the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). "Go-it-alone" approaches will not be enough to achieve the SDGs. Jacob Taylor outlines three key ingredients for a global collective effort.   Read more The great student swap   For the last 20 years, nearly every flagship university in the United States has been decreasing its share of in-state students and enrolling more students from out of state. In a new report, Aaron Klein explores trends in student body compositions, tuition costs, and state and local appropriations for public universities and colleges across the country.    Read more The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars. The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Unsubscribe Manage your newsletter subscriptions | Receive the Brookings Brief less often