KF News and Ideas

NIFI Releases New Materials on Health Care Costs

Submitted by Brad Rourke, on Tue, 02/11/2020 - 14:31

The Kettering Foundation and the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) are pleased to announce the publication of a new issue guide, Health Care: How Can We Bring Costs Down While Getting the Care We Need?

Higher Education Leaders: Reconstructing the Public Purposes of Higher Education

Submitted by Keith Melville, Derek Barker, on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 12:13

Notes and Reflections on the July 2019 Meeting 

By Keith Melville and Derek Barker

Announcing the Hidden Common Ground Initiative

Submitted by Kettering Staff on Tue, 11/12/2019 - 10:08

A major initiative spearheaded by Public Agenda and USA TODAY.

A Public Voice 2019

Submitted by Tony Wharton, on Wed, 05/29/2019 - 14:41

A Public Voice was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on May 9.

Connections 2018: Letter from the Editors

Submitted by Melinda Gilmore, Randall Nielsen, on Thu, 12/06/2018 - 15:01

A letter from Melinda Gilmore & Randall Nielsen.

John R. Dedrick Named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Kettering Foundation

Submitted by Kettering Staff on Mon, 11/26/2018 - 16:32

John R. Dedrick has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

Journalists at DDEx Grapple with Helping Citizens See Themselves in Public Issues

Submitted by Maura Casey, on Wed, 09/26/2018 - 12:53

The journalists from five different countries who gathered at the Deliberative Democracy Exchange (DDEx) had many things in common, but most of all, they were worried. 

Watch A Public Voice 2018 Via Facebook Live

Submitted by Kettering Staff on Tue, 05/08/2018 - 10:57

We want YOUR stories in YOUR words to be part of the conversation in DC.

New Volume Presents Perspectives on the Longtime Collaboration Between KF and Cuban Environmental Organization

Submitted by Ileana Marin, on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 14:59

Active Citizenship compiles some of the most compelling presentations from the 2016 conference, including many stories of how citizens in Cuba, as well as the US, have worked to address problems in their communities.

Reflections on the February 2018 Presidents’ Group Meeting at Denison University

Submitted by Harry C. Boyte, Derek Barker, on Thu, 04/19/2018 - 11:09

After two and a half years of animated discussion and work in an ongoing research exchange with the Kettering Foundation, a group of college presidents concerned with the civic mission of higher education gathered at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, on February 15 and 16, 2018, at the invitation of Denison’s president, Adam Weinberg.