“In brief, we have no explicit family policy but instead have a haphazard patchwork of institutions and programs designed mostly under crisis conditions, whether the crisis is national in scope (such as a recession ) or personal (such as a break-up of a particular family).” FamilyBreakConditionsPolicyParticularBrokenProgramCrisisInstitutionsScopeRecessionsExplicitHaphazardPatchwork Book:All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure Source: All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure
“Institutions have the pathetic megalomania of the computer whose whole vision of the world is its own program.” WorldWholeVisionComputerProgramInstitutionsPatheticMegalomania Book:How Institutions Think Source: How Institutions Think
“Too many policies, programs and institutions are judged by what they are supposed to do, rather than by what they actually do and the consequences of their actions.” ActionPolicyConsequenceProgramInstitutionsJudged Author:Thomas Sowell
“We want to build the most entrepreneurial postsecondary system in North America. That's why we're pleased that academic institutions, like Algonquin College, University of Ottawa and Carlton University are working to make that happen through the Campus-Linked Accelerator program. They are helping nurture our business visionaries and igniting their entrepreneurial spirit, helping them to succeed and to expand our economy.” WantHelpingHappensAmericaSpiritEconomyCollegeSucceedProgramInstitutionsUniversityAcademicNurtureLinkedVisionariesEntrepreneurialCampusNorth AmericaEntrepreneurial SpiritOttawaAlgonquins Author:Bob Chiarelli
“I'm very committed to its educational institutions, including my alma mater Central Falls High School's drama program, because I know that's what got me my start. I do everything I can to keep it alive since it made me feel like I had something to give to the world. I also support the Segue Institute for Learning, a charter school in Central Falls run by a friend of mine that my niece attends. I'm committed to that because of its proven results. They have the highest math scores of any charter school in Rhode Island.” KnowsWorldGivingFeelsMadeI CanRunningSchoolFallResultsSupportAliveMinesDramaHighestHigh SchoolProgramInstitutionsIncludingCommittedEducationalMathIslandsScoreProvenInstituteCharterNieceMy NieceRhode IslandCharter SchoolsEducational InstitutionsAlma Mater Author:Viola Davis
“The effects of MFA programs, and the rise of creative writing instruction more generally, are far more diffuse than people think. Even if you're a writer who has avoided institutions your whole life, you're still going to be reading a lot of writers who have MFAs, and are affiliated with universities.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingStillsWholeReadingCreativeEffectsProgramInstitutionsUniversityWhole LifeInstructionCreative WritingAvoided Author:Chad Harbach
“The mission [of institution] won't change. It will continue to be what it is: to spread the practice of deep listening and introduce it to people, to do workshops and retreats and certification programs and so on.” PeoplePracticeListeningProgramInstitutionsSpreadMissionsIntroducingRetreatWorkshopsDeep Listening Author:Pauline Oliveros
“This is where I think policies do need to be somewhat race-specific, is making sure that institutions are not discriminatory. So you've got something like the FHA [Federal Housing Administration], which was on its face a universal program that involved a huge mechanism for wealth accumulation and people entering into the middle class.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFacesWealthRaceClassMiddlePolicyHugeInvolvedProgramUniversalInstitutionsAdministrationMiddle ClassMechanismEnteringHousingAccumulation Author:Barack Obama
“The United Nations is actually a mid-20th century institution and much weaker than it was when it was originally created, because governments themselves are less capable of implementing the kind of promises or programs that they have put forward.” KindGovernmentNationsUnitedCenturyPromiseCapableProgramInstitutions20th CenturyUnited NationsImplementing Author:Mary Robinson
“Policies are designed to undermine working class organization and the reason is not only the unions fight for workers' rights, but they also have a democratizing effect. These are institutions in which people without power can get together, support one another, learn about the world, try out their ideas, initiate programs, and that is dangerous. That's like a referendum in Greece. It is dangerous to allow that.” PeopleWorldTryingIdeasReasonTogetherFightingClassSupportRightsEffectsDangerousPolicyProgramOrganizationInstitutionsUnionsWorkersWorking ClassGreeceGet TogetherInitiateReferendumsWorkers Rights Author:Noam Chomsky
“There's kind of a hidden point which isn't being brought out, and that is that it is inconceivable that the U.S. would permit democracy in the Middle East, and for a very simple reason. Just take a look at polls of Arab public opinion. They exist. You can't find them in the press, but they exist from prestigious polling agencies. Released by major institutions. And what they show is that if there was democracy in the Middle East, the entire U.S. program for domination of the Middle East would be down the tube.” IfsLooksKindReasonShowsWould BeSimpleOpinionDemocracyMiddleMajorsProgramInstitutionsPressesEastAgencyPermitMiddle EastDominationPublic OpinionPollsTubesPollingPrestigiousDemocracy In The Middle East Author:Noam Chomsky
“Barack Obama is an opportunist, mostly supported by the financial institutions. He had no positions on anything. He's very intelligent. If you look at his program, almost no substance. Change, hope, what's that? I mean, he had some policies, but it was almost certain that he would give them up instantly, which he did.” IfsGivingLooksMeanCertainPolicyPositionProgramIntelligentInstitutionsFinancialBarackSubstanceOpportunistFinancial Institutions Author:Noam Chomsky
“We really have to think about aging because women are living longer than men. More of the people who need care are women. A lot of them are living alone, with no one to care for them, or they're shunted into institutions. I would like to see a sensible aging policy more like what the Nordic countries have. They're cutting back those programs, but there you can still have in-home nursing care. You don't have to rely on your children. I personally don't want to be a burden on my daughter.” PeopleThinkingMenWantNeedsChildrenStillsCountryHomeCareCuttingPolicyDaughterProgramOur ChildrenInstitutionsAgingBurdenYour ChildrenRelyMy DaughterSensibleNursingLiving AloneNordic Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“Getting the government to put money into social programs run by religious institutions is a practice that started during the Clinton years, when Bill Clinton advocated the AmeriCorps program.” YearsGovernmentRunningSocialReligiousPracticeProgramInstitutionsBillsClintonSocial Programs Author:Tony Campolo
“Adopting a central organizing principle means embarking on an all-out effort to use every policy and program, every law and institution, to halt the destruction of the environment.” MeanUseLawEffortPrinciplesEnvironmentPolicyProgramDestructionInstitutionsClimate ChangeHaltEugenicsAdoptingEnviromentalEmbarkingEnvironmental PolicyEnviromentEnvironmental Destruction Author:Al Gore