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New ISER study finds Alaska’s K-12 education spending is not keeping pace with other states, or with inflation
ISER researchers Matt Berman and Dayna DeFeo have released a new report updating their previous analyses of Alaska’s current per-pupil education spending. The report is available here: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/15717
In 2022, K-12 schools in Alaska spent $20,191 per student for current operations, which was […]
UPDATE: Effects of a Proposed Sales Tax on Anchorage Households
UPDATE: Since this report was released, the Assembly has been considering modifications to the sales tax proposal, and it could be modified further before it is placed on the ballot for a vote. for the most up-to-date version of the sales tax proposal, please visit: https://www.muni.org/Departments/Assembly/Pages/Project-Anchorage-Sales-Tax-Proposal.aspx. In […]
Impacts Commercial Fisheries Limitations on Gulf of Alaska Communities
Executive Summary
The purpose of this report is to document economic and demographic changes for communities of the Gulf of Alaska, Southcentral Alaska, and Southeast Alaska over the period of 1950 to 2023. Over this period several major changes were made to the way that State and Federal commercial fisheries were […]
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Partnering with healthcare providers and healthcare systems to implement universal alcohol screening and brief intervention to prevent alcohol exposed pregnancies.
CBHRS researchers, as part of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) national effort, collaborated with healthcare professionals and healthcareorganizations to implement evidence-based practices found to reduce unhealthy alcohol use and alcohol-exposed pregnancies. Alcohol-exposed pregnancies […]
Multi-Level Approaches to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention Education and Training for Health Professionals
Alcohol-exposed pregnancies, which can lead to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), is one of the most common preventable causes of lifelong intellectual and developmental disabilities in the U.S. Healthcare teams […]
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Announcing ADAC-ARCTIC, a New DHS Center of Excellence Led by UAA
ISER is very pleased to be a collaborating partner in this important center at UAA. We will share more about the research initiatives and other activities involving ISER as the details are confirmed, and we look forward to helping advance […]