[Mitworld] New: Debating the Future of the Electoral College

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 8, Number 22 | January 21, 2009

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The Electoral College Experts Debate and Audience Dialogue (Part 4)
October 17, 2008

In what feels like a constitutional law and political science scrimmage, participants lob questions and spark exchanges on the fate of the Electoral College.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/631

Moderator:
Alexander S. Belenky
Visiting Scholar, MIT Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals

Event Host:
MIT Sloan School of Management

"We have changed the system for selecting the president of the U.S. and governance of the country in very important ways on any number of occasions, and I’ll bet there were people predicting the thing would spin out of control.  Can you imagine, women are allowed to vote! There was a time when it wasn’t so. Ex-slaves are allowed to vote! There was a time when it wasn’t so."
-Robert Bennett

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The Electoral College Experts Audience Dialogue (Part 5)
October 17, 2008

Audience members take the floor in this last of five sessions debating whether to retain or discard the Electoral College system.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/632

Moderator:
Arnold I. Barnett PhD '73
George Eastman Professor of Management Science, MIT Sloan School of Management

Event Host:
MIT Sloan School of Management

"One of my favorite factoids about American history is that the U.S. is the only country in the world where no new political party ever came to power in the 20th century."
-Alexander Keyssar

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In The Pipeline:
Nurturing a Vibrant Culture to Drive Innovation

Presented By:
MIT Sloan School of Management
Dean’s Innovative Leader Series

Speaker:
Terri Kelly
President & CEO
W.L. Gore & Associates

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