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
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Event Type: Webinars, Seminars and Presentations
Nov 20, 2024
11:00am - 12:00pm AKST
Contact Alison York ayork@alaska.edu
Location
Online only, please register here.
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Taxes for higher-income Anchorage residents would increase more than taxes for middle- and lower-income residents under a municipal sales tax initiative proposed by a coalition of Anchorage business and civic leaders. However, middle-income residents would pay three times the percentage of income as higher-income residents, and only one-fourth of the percentage paid by lower-income residents.
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CBHRS researchers, as part of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) national effort, collaborated with healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations to implement evidence-based practices found to reduce unhealthy alcohol use and alcohol-exposed pregnancies. Alcohol-exposed pregnancies can lead to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs)–one of the most common preventable causes of lifelong intellectual and developmental disabilities in the U.S.
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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 can play a critical role in preventing FASDs; however, they are currently unprepared to do so. Training can remediate this problem.
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On Sept 5-6, ISER co-hosted with Rep. Mary Peltola, the Alaska Federation of Natives, and the First Alaskans Institute a statewide convening on outmigration issues in Alaska.
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The Vic Fischer Undergraduate Research Award provides $2500 to an exemplary UAA undergraduate in the social sciences or other applicable fields interested in researching public policy issues in Alaska or the Arctic in Spring 2025.
The student awardee will participate in ongoing research projects and contribute analyses to publications under the guidance of researchers at ISER.