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    <title>Idaho Statesman - &quot;Reader&apos;s View, American civics: Being an effective citizen requires knowledge&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Early last year USA Today reported on some amazing - and shocking - research done at Xavier University in Ohio. The Xavier Center for the Study of the American Dream polled more than a thousand Americans on their understanding of civics - the real basics of American government, including institutions such as the Congress and the presidency.]]></description>
    
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    <title>JWT Intelligence -- &quot;Q&amp;A Michael Ford, founding director, Center for the Study of the American Dream&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In researching our September trend report, “American Dream in the Balance,” we spoke with Michael Ford, founding director of the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University in Cincinnati. Prior to founding the center, Ford spent nearly 40 years in government, politics and corporate work, serving in nine presidential campaigns and many other gubernatorial, congressional and mayoralty races. Ford discussed the emotional foundations of the Dream and why it endures...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Business Courier -- &quot;Xavier study: Trust in government, business on the rise&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Xavier University’s monthly American Dream Composite Index rose 0.1 percent in September to 64.16. However, that marked its third-highest reading in the last 12 months. It climbed from 64.12 in August. The American Dream Societal Index posted the biggest gain of the broader index’s five components, rising 0.9 percent. It measures how fair and trustworthy people view government, business and other people...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Xavier Newswire -- &quot;Forty Days and Counting, Xavier Heating Up Politically&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[With a mere 40 days left until Election Day, the political temperature at Xavier University is rising. Political Science Club, the Center for the Study of the American Dream, College Democrats and College Republicans are active as ever, attempting to engage and educate the local electorate on and off campus. Political Science Club, under the leadership of seniors Chelsea Rodstrom and Kailyn McGowan, are planning viewing parties for the large presidential debates...]]></description>
    
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    <title>The Catholic Beat -- &quot;First Winners Announced for New Immigration Essay Contest&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The first winners of what is to be an annual junior high and high school essay contest on immigration were announced this month at the Hispanic Heritage Gala at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Six local students of various ethnic backgrounds were the winners. Students from more than 30 schools and more than 20 ethnic backgrounds submitted essays on the topic of “how the immigrant experience has touched their lives and how Cincinnati should integrate new immigrants.”...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Wake Forest University -- &quot;Rekindling the American Dream&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Rekindling the American Dream is a one-day symposium jointly sponsored by the Departments of Music and of Politics and International Affairs, and made possible by a grant from the Office of the Provost. Conceived and organized by Worrell Professor David Coates and Senior Lecturer in Music, Patricia Dixon, the symposium aims to contribute to an informed public debate ahead of the November elections...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Xavier Magazine -- Dream Analysis</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[As the founding director of Xavier’s Center for the Study of the American Dream, Ford has spent more time and effort gauging the attitudes and opinions of the public on this particular topic than many politicians. With the help of his staff and students, Ford has discovered that most people share a common, basic definition of what the Dream means, even though it can manifest itself in different ways...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Xavier Magazine -- Taking the Pulse on the American Dream</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Here’s a challenge. How do you document a subject of national importance that people see all over the news, but rarely ever think about? It’s a question Kat Ryder and her student interns are answering with the Permanent American Dream Video Archive, a project of the Center for the Study of the American Dream. The archive supplements the Center’s aggregate surveys and research by offering a glimpse of how individuals perceive the American Dream...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Xavier Magazine -- Dream Course</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[But the Dream is looking a little frayed of late. With globalization, polarized politics and the anemic economy, Americans are beginning to doubt the promise of hope that the American Dream has always represented. Just ask Roger Fortin. After 47 years at Xavier as a professor, an administrator and, most recently, as academic vice president and provost, Fortin is taking on a new role, making the American Dream his specialty. Beginning this fall, he is becoming the executive director...]]></description>
    
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    <title>JWT Intelligence -- &quot;September trend report examines evolving American Dream&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Since the phrase was coined more than 80 years ago, “the American Dream” has proved an enduring concept. At the Democratic National Convention, for instance, the first lady declared that Barack Obama “knows the American Dream because he’s lived it.” But what does “living it” mean in 2012, especially for those who don’t aspire to the presidency?...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Lakota East High School -- &quot;Lakota East: Winner of Immigration Essay Contest&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[On Friday, Sept. 14, winners of a student essay contest on the theme of immigration were announced. Xavier University&apos;s Office of Interfaith Community Engagement and Center for the Study of the American Dream created the contest as part of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce&apos;s follow-up on the booklet, Cincinnati: A City of Immigrants. Ingber served on the committee that created the booklet and Xavier was a lead sponsor. More than 30 junior and senior high schools participated...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Xavier University -- &quot;Winners of Immigration Essay Contest Announced&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Friday, Sept. 14 at 8:00 pm, winners of a student essay contest on the theme of immigration were announced. Xavier University’s Office of Interfaith Community Engagement (Rabbi Abie Ingber, founding director) and Center for the Study of the American Dream (Michael Ford, founding director) created the contest as part of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s follow-up on the booklet, Cincinnati: A City of Immigrants...]]></description>
    
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    <title>St. Joseph News-Press -- &quot;Is the American Dream gone?&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[That spoke to the fortitude and optimism of the American people, said Michael Ford, founding director of the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University. “That’s important, because what we have learned is that the state of the economy is different than the state of the American Dream,” he said. After 35 years in politics and the corporate world, Mr. Ford founded the center five years ago. Researchers do public surveys, give civics literacy tests and other methods to gauge...]]></description>
    
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    <title>The Tennessean -- &quot;Parents have responsibility to teach kids citizenship&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[But young people aren’t the nation’s only civics slackers. A recent survey by Xavier University’s Center for the Study of the American Dream found that one in three native-born citizens failed the civics portion of the naturalization test, in stark contrast to the 97.5 percent of immigrants applying for citizenship who passed it. Native-born citizens do especially poorly on questions about the U.S. Constitution and the governmental, legal and political structure of American democracy...]]></description>
    
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    <title>ChicagoNow.com -- &quot;Ode To The Post-It Note&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is a big day for me.  I am humbled, honored, and most of all, grateful because I have been asked to participate in Xavier University&apos;s &apos;American Dream Project&apos;.  Here is a link if you have not heard of it:  http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/.  I will be interviewed on video, and will be sharing short stories about my life both personally and professionally...]]></description>
    
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    <title>National Education Association -- &quot;Making Civics Education a Priority&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Are you smarter about America than an immigrant? When it comes to civics, maybe not. When Xavier University’s Center for the Study of the American Dream asked native-born residents to answer questions from the U.S. naturalization test earlier this year, one in three flunked the test. Less than 3 percent of immigrants applying for citizenship failed...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Fort Wayne Journal Gazette -- &quot;I pledge ignorance to the Republic...&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Are you smarter about America than an immigrant? When it comes to civics, maybe not. When Xavier University’s Center for the Study of the American Dream asked native-born residents to answer questions from the U.S. naturalization test earlier this year, one in three flunked the test. Less than 3 percent of immigrants applying for citizenship failed...]]></description>
    
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    <title>American Society of Employers -- &quot;Quiz Question--Naming the 12th U.S. President&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Given the national discourse of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act, a national survey from Xavier University&apos;s Center for the Study of the American Dream reveals 33% of native-born citizens failed the civics portion of the naturalization test, in stark contrast to the 97.5% pass rate among immigrants applying for citizenship.  Passing means answering six out of 10 questions correctly.  If the pass rate were seven out of 10, 50% of native-born Americans would fail...]]></description>
    
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    <title>The Pappas Post -- &quot;Why it pays for Greeks to know more about politics than Americans&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Chicago Tribune recently reported that most Americans don&apos;t know the three branches of government. They don&apos;t even know the name of the person representing them in Congress.

In fact, a third of native-born Americans (an estimated 268 million) couldn’t pass the nation’s citizenship test, according to the findings of a new survey by Xavier University’s Center for the American Dream...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Bennington Banner -- &quot;The Logic of Willful Ignorance&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A recent study from Xavier University tells us what many already know: that many Americans have wholly tuned out of politics to the point where they can’t even correctly answer the most basic questions about our government. Indeed, as researchers discovered, one in three native-born citizens can’t pass the civics portion of the naturalization test we force legal immigrants to pass when they want to become full citizens...]]></description>
    
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    <title>The Florida Times-Union -- &quot;Founders set ideals that challenge us&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Passing it isn&apos;t so difficult. It means answering six in 10 questions correctly. If the pass rate required answering seven of 10 correctly, half of native-born Americans would fail. This comes from Xavier University&apos;s Center for the Study of the American Dream. The center&apos;s nationwide survey tested adult Americans on 10 random questions taken directly from the naturalization test. At the same time, 60 percent of native-born Americans agreed that high school students should...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Citizensvoice.com -- &quot;Honor our country&apos;s legacy by learning more about it&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Center for the American Dream at Xavier University recently conducted a survey, asking native-born Americans any 10 of a group of 99 questions on the civics portion of the naturalization test taken by immigrants. Whereas 97.5 percent of immigrants achieved a passing grade of 60 percent, only 65 percent of citizens born here passed. The natives tended to do well on questions related to geography, national symbols and holidays, but poorly regarding principles and ideas...]]></description>
    
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    <title>The Scranton Times Tribune -- &quot;Give nation civics lesson for birthday&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Center for the American Dream at Xavier University recently conducted a survey, asking native-born Americans any 10 of a group of 99 questions on the civics portion of the naturalization test taken by immigrants. Whereas 97.5 percent of immigrants achieved a passing grade of 60 percent, only 65 percent of citizens born here passed. If the passing grade had been 70, the Xavier researchers reported, only 50 percent of the natives would have passed...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Houmatoday.com -- &quot;Could you pass the U.S. Citizenship quiz?&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Fourth of July is a time for Americans to stop and appreciate our democracy. In between the fireworks, barbecues and splashes in the pool, we&apos;re supposed to pause to remember the sacrifices many have made to create that democracy — and publicly display our pride in it. But how much do we actually know about the country of which we are so proud? In a March survey by Xavier University&apos;s Center for the American Dream, 35 percent, or more than a third of Americans surveyed, couldn&apos;t pass...]]></description>
    
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    <title>nwi.com -- &quot;Living the Dream&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[According to recent surveys conducted on behalf of Public Notice and the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University, although Americans’ faith in our nation’s promise has been shaken by the economic shocks of recent years, it continues to be resilient. However, there are warning signs that our leaders should heed, according to Gretchen Hamel, executive director of Public Notice, and Michael F. Ford, founding director of the Center for the Study of the American Dream...]]></description>
    
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    <title>America and the Global Economy -- &quot;Gallup Poll Indicates Distrust of Public Education at an All-Time Low&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Commentators have long speculated about what such a decisive lack of confidence in our nation’s most powerful and ubiquitous institutions means.  Many point out that, while the causes of infinite and infinitely complex, the consequences of such rampant distrust will only undermine institutions further. “This remarkable level of distrust in America’s leading public institutions charged with safeguarding the American Dream is deeply troublesome...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <title>The Virginia-Pilot -- &quot;In Pursuit of Happiness&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[That&apos;s as much of an indictment of public school instruction as it is American society&apos;s apathy toward civic responsibility. Earlier this year, Xavier University&apos;s Center for the Study of the American Dream released a national survey of native-born citizens&apos; responses to the civics portion of the naturalization test. A third couldn&apos;t answer the six out of 10 questions necessary to pass. &quot;If the pass rate were [7] out of 10, one half of all native-born citizens would fail,&quot; the report noted...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Cincinnati Enquirer -- &quot;The American Dream: Not given, but earned&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Fifty years ago, the city of Detroit embodied the American dream. As home to the nation’s automotive manufacturers and a thriving musical center, the Motor City exemplified the can-do spirit of American industrial and cultural production. Today, Detroit can barely keep the lights on – literally. To cut costs, the city is considering plans to reduce the number of streetlights by half. Local residents probably won’t notice, though, since about 40 percent of the lights are already broken...]]></description>
    
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    <title>95.7 KEZJ -- &quot;If You&apos;re an American, There&apos;s a Good Chance You Would Fail a Citizenship Test&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Nearly a third of Americans would get a big fat “F” on a citizenship test, according to a new study. The lack of knowledge mostly pertains to civics questions. The Center for the American Dream at Xavier University came up these findings via a survey that posed 10 random questions from the actual citizenship exam to 1,000 Americans who were 18 and older. The questionnaire found that most citizens that were born here “do well” on basic questions about history and geography...]]></description>
    
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    <title>YourConroeNews.com -- &quot;Many of us not very smart about our history, government and the issues&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Here are three very simple questions that any American proud of his or her heritage should have no trouble answering: Who is the current speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives? How many justices sit on the U.S. Supreme Court? What is the supreme law of the land? If you aced these, take a bow. According to Xavier University’s Center for the Study of the American Dream, about a third of native-born Americans in a survey failed one or more of these questions...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Post-Tribune -- &quot;Jerry Davich: Why aren&quot;t you voting?&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This year’s questions on basic U.S. civics and government were based on a new study by the Center for the Study of the American Dream. It asked native-born Americans the same questions asked to foreign-born immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship. Immigrants must get at least six of the 10 questions correct, and 93 percent of them do, according to the study. When native-born U.S. voters were asked those 10 questions, only two thirds of them could correctly answer six out of 10...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Global Post -- &quot;Survey shows 1 in 3 Americans would fail citizenship test&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A new survey by the Center for the American Dream at Xavier University found nearly one-third of Americans would fail a citizenship test. The survey asked Over 10 random questions from the actual exam to 1,000 Americans over the age of 18. The study noted, &quot;While native-born citizens do well on basic questions related to history and geography, the results reveal a low level of knowledge concerning the principles and features of American government that underlie our civic life.&quot;...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Nogales International -- &quot;Studying up on civics&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[With a pass rate that high, you might wonder if the test is too easy. But according to a new study released last week, one-third of native-born U.S. citizens couldn’t score the 60 percent needed to pass the test. If the pass rate were 7 out of 10, Xavier University’s Center for the Study of the American Dream said, one half of native-born Americans would fail...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Belle News -- &quot;More than one in three Americans would fail citizenship test&quot;</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[According to an American survey, more than one third of U.S. citizens would fail the country’s citizenship test for immigrants. The study, conducted by the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University, in Cincinnati, Ohio, found that one in three respondents would fail the civics portion of the test given to those applying for U.S. citizenship...]]></description>
    
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    <title>The Daily Mail -- &quot;One in three Americans would &apos;fail citizenship test&apos;&quot;</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9627/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[A survey has found that around one third of U.S. citizens would fail the country&apos;s citizenship test for immigrants. The study, conducted by the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University, in Cincinnati, Ohio, found that one in three respondents would fail the civics portion of the test given to those applying for U.S. citizenship...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Un estudio elaborado por la Universidad de Xavier, de Ohio, revel&#xf3; que el examen para la ciudadan&#xed;a que mide los conocimientos sobre educaci&#xf3;n c&#xed;vica no ser&#xed;a aprobado por el 33 por ciento de los estadounidenses. Los resultados de la investigaci&#xf3;n aparecen en medio de campa&#xf1;as que promueven la ciudadan&#xed;a para que los naturalizados se inscriban y voten en los comicios presidenciales del martes 6 de noviembre...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[A survey conducted by the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University found that about a third of citizens would fail the civics portion of the standard test given to immigrants applying for citizenship. Over 1,000 Americans over the age of 18 were asked 10 random questions from the actual exam. Thirty-five percent of people were able to answer five or less correctly...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9626/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Is it a serving of humble pie? The best proof yet that America has watered down teaching about its own history? Jay Leno’s “Jaywalking” come to life? Or just a chance to tease your brain? However you perceive it, recent findings that more new immigrants than native-born Americans can pass a basic civics test offers several points to ponder – including some obligatory “show what you know” sample questions...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9622/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[These questions stumped one of three native-born U.S. citizens who failed the civics portion of the naturalization test, according to a new national study released last week. That contrasts with the high pass rate of about 97 percent among immigrants applying for citizenship, according to Cincinnati-based Xavier University. The university’s Center for the Study of the American Dream conducted the survey earlier this year, polling about 1,000 people who were born in America...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9610/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[A new study by the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University confirms what we already know: Americans perform poorly on the U.S. Citizenship test. The new findings reveal some pretty alarming statistics: One in three native-born citizens fail the civics portion of the naturalization test, in stark contrast to the 97.5% pass rate among immigrants applying for citizenship. (To pass, one must answer 6 out of 10 questions correctly.)...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9614/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Immigrants desiring American citizenship must pass a naturalization test demonstrating basic civic literacy. 97.5 percent of immigrants pass this test. Xavier University&apos;s Center for the Study of the American Dream undertook a survey to learn details of the civic literacy rate of native-born Americans measured identically by the same test. Our work over the last three years has consistently reinforced the strong American belief in the relationship between the American Dream and freedom...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9602/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[The one line of defense critics use to denounce issues like the DREAM Act or in-state tuition for undocumented students or allowing undocumented parents to stay with their families while their deportation cases are being heard is that the critics are only following the “rule of law.” Yet a revealing new study by Xavier University’s Center for the Study of the American Dream finds that most of these critics would find it difficult to explain the rule of law...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9603/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Hope you were paying attention in your high school social studies class. Apparently, one in three native-born Americans would fail a 10-question civics test given to immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship. 97.5 percent of immigrants pass the test, which asks basic questions about American history and government. Xavier University took a telephone poll to get these results...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9609/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[A recent study conducted by Xavier University shows that one in three native born Americans failed the civics portion of the U.S. naturalization test. That&apos;s in contrast to the 97.5% of immigrants applying for citizenship who pass the test. The nationwide survey tested adult Americans on 10 random questions taken directly from the naturalization test...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9601/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship have to pass a 10-question civics test asking basic questions about American history and government, and about 93% succeed. But only 65% of native-born Americans could get the required six out of 10 right answers when asked the same questions in a telephone poll.
That&apos;s the finding from the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University in Cincinnati, which commissioned the telephone survey of 1,023 native-born Americans last month...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9558/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[The American Dream gained a little strength in March. In a sign of rising consumer confidence, Xavier University’s Xavier University monthly American Dream Composite Index increased 0.8 percent last month to 64.24. That’s the index’s highest reading since September, as it climbed from 63.73 in February. The gains were largely about the economy, although four of the index’s five components rose last month. The American Dream Economic Index led the way, gaining 1.3 percent...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9559/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[The “American Dream” has come to mean everything from home ownership to financial well-being to just plain happiness. Now it’s the focus of research at Xavier University’s Williams College of Business, where economics professor Amit Sen helped create The American Dream Composite Index (ADCI). The monthly statistical report measures the extent to which people living in the U.S. achieve the dream...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9560/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[I am honored to present this issue for three reasons. First, like many Americans, I have reacted with a mix of concern, disbelief, and resolve as scholars and pundits have debated intensely whether America’s power relative to China and other emerging nations is in decline. The United States, the story goes, cannot keep pace with China because...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9521/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[In fact, in a January essay in the Washington Post, Michael F. Ford identified five common assumptions about the American Dream that he says are myths. If anyone should know, he should.  Ford is the founding director of a scholarly center that studies nothing but the American Dream, at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. It has even completed two national surveys of Americans’ attitudes about the “Dream,” with a third in the works...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9491/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[A new report from the Center for the Study of the American Dream shows that even while Americans distrust the government, they have faith in the American Dream. Michael Ford, founding director of Xavier University&apos;s Center for the Study of the American Dream, will join The Daily Circuit Monday to discuss the report...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9490/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Home ownership — for years a much-sought sign of success — isn’t as important to most Americans anymore, according to a Xavier University study.Owning a home once was a sure bet, an investment that would never lose value, said Michael Ford, founding director of Xavier’s Center for the Study of the American Dream. Owning a home once signaled that you “made it.”...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9488/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Several years ago, three Xavier University professors set about creating a numerical value to measure the American Dream.
But first Amit Sen, Greg Smith and Chris Manolis needed to determine what, exactly, the American Dream is.They found 35 dimensions that make up most views of the American Dream. They then created a “statistically valid” quantitative monthly survey to measure how people felt about the American Dream, from personal health to wealth, social status or trust in government...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9395/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Michael Ford, who directs the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University, found that middle income Americans overwhelmingly believe “the future is being created elsewhere” and that the middle class has lost faith in every major institution in America except the military. A pessimistic populism focused mainly on fairness, income inequality, and anti-corporatism does not speak to, much less answer, these profound anxieties...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9393/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[The candidates&apos; focus on the American Dream is in itself a sign of the times, said Michael Ford, founding director of the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University. The phrase was coined during the Great Depression and since then has tended to become a central theme during economic downturns, Ford said...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9396/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9396/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[But, recently I have become fascinated with the American Dream Composite Index as perhaps being the best measure of the authenticity of Brand America’s promise.  In the consumer package goods world, doing research among ‘heavy users’ was a classic way to better understand the strengths of your brand.  Nobody knows your brand better than the consumers who use it the most.  If they see an opportunity for improvement, then you better act fast before it is a full-blown three-alarm crisis...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9323/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[How’s the American Dream? Well, it’s at 63.96. That’s the American Dream Composite Index for January as compiled by the Xavier University Center for the Study of the American Dream. That’s up a tick from December. The center describes that number as “a monthly quantitative index that measures how we, as a nation, are doing in terms of our American Dream.”...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9324/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Interestingly enough a 2011 survey by Xavier University’s Center for the Study of the American Dream found that the top five most important elements of the American Dream are as follows: “a good life for my family”, “financial security”, “freedom”, “opportunity”, and “the pursuit of happiness”.  On the surface these five elements do not seem to challenge the version of the American Dream as Obama depicted it in his State of the Union address...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9316/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[“In desperate times we are less welcoming,” laments Michael F. Ford, founding director of the Center for the Study of the American Dream, at Ohio’s Xavier University. “That has been true since the founding of the republic.” These are desperate times indeed. A recent survey by the centre found that nearly two of every three Americans believes America is a country in decline...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9305/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[When President Barack Obama declared the American dream was in danger during his State of the Union Address, it struck a chord with Katherine Ryder. She coordinates the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University, an ongoing project that&apos;s gaining national attention several years after its establishment...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9325/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[This weekend, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled “The New American Divide”. As I read it, I thought it was a great follow-up to my post on the American Dream. Recall, in that post I shared an overview of a very interesting market research study conducted by the Center For the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. That study suggests the authenticity of Brand America’s Promise is under pressure...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9326/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9326/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[A second national annual survey assessing American&apos;s views of the state of the country, America&apos;s world status, trust in institutions, and the generational legacy of the Dream itself has revealed that percentages are steadily declining.  The one factor that has remained unchanged is respondents&apos; belief and confidence in reaching the Dream...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9327/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[I highlighted this work previously in my Odds and Ends post. This is some fascinating research being conducted by the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Center’s focus is to study the history of the American Dream, identify emerging trends and predict meaningful shifts on how the definition is changing. The second annual State of the American Dream Survey was conducted by Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz and Associates (FM3)...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9289/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Few ideas are as central to American self-identity as the &quot;American dream.&quot; Politicians invoke it, immigrants pursue it, and despite unremittingly negative economic news, citizens embrace it. But what is the American dream? We began regular study of how people define and perceive the dream three years ago, and have discovered many misunderstandings worth a second look...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9329/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[As for homeownership, registering just 7 percent in the Xavier study, I would say that in indicating “freedom,” “opportunity,” and “pursuit of happiness” as part of their American dream, many people are probably incorporating homeownership into it.  If I had answered the survey, I don’t think I would check-mark the “homeownership” category if “freedom” was also on the list, for the latter would allow me to pursue both homeownership as well as premium barbeque...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9330/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Michael F. Ford, the founding director of the Xavier University’s Center for the Study of the American Dream,  wrote an article published in the Washington Post  about the Center’s second annual “State of the American Dream” survey.   The study revealed five myths about the American dream...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9328/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Michael Ford, Founding Director of the Center for the Study of the American Dream, says the rhetoric of politicians does little to influence what people think about the country’s future: “When politicians speak about the American Dream, they are quickly dismissed by the people they represent. We are approaching a tipping point of some kind and we will continue to watch it. However, at hand are questions greater than who will win an election...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9287/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Turning to the Washington Post scholar and advocate Michael F. Ford debunks five myths about the American Dream:
1.The American dream is about getting rich.
2.Homeownership is the American dream.
3.The American dream is American.
4.China threatens the American dream.
5.Economic decline and political gridlock are killing the American dream.]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9286/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[One of the key discussions in this US Presidential Election year 2012 is about the so-called, “American Dream.” There are VERY different spins on what the “American Dream” REALLY is! The “Five Myths” feature deals with this issue. The Washington Post promoted the column with the question, “American Dream – is it dead or has it just changed?” What do YOU think? I hope YOU will read the &quot;Five Myths&quot; column by Dr. Michael F. Ford, the founding director of the Xavier University’s...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9272/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Few ideas are as central to American self-identity as the “American dream.” Politicians invoke it, immigrants pursue it, and despite unremittingly negative economic news, citizens embrace it. But what is the American dream? We began regular study of how people define and perceive the dream three years ago, and have discovered many misunderstandings worth a second look...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9273/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[On the heels of the Iowa Caucuses, Xavier University&apos;s Center for the Study of the American Dream debunks 5 Myths about the American Dream in the Sunday Washington Post. Michael Ford, the Center&apos;s Founding Director, cites its current research revealing a deep schism between the Presidential campaign&apos;s relevance to the American Dream, Americans&apos; distrust in government and elected officials...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9238/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Are young people better off than their parents? At least when it comes to income, the answer depends on gender. Today&apos;s young women make $1.17 for every $1 their moms earned back in 1980. Young men, however, are earning 10 cents per dollar less than their fathers did 30 years ago, new research shows...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9171/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Xavier University’s Williams College of Business recently launched the American Dream Composite Index™ (ADCI), the only statistically validated measure of the American Dream and a predictor of future consumer behavior. On Monday, November 28, at 3:00 pm EST, the creators of the ADCI will provide a 30-minute webinar tutorial on how to use the tool along with some interesting findings. The webinar is free for all participants...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9167/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;The American Dream” is code. It is the simplification, or oversimplification, of more complex ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence...A research center at Xavier University annually conducts a State of the American Dream survey “to gauge what [the Dream] is and to whom, to measure America’s confidence in itself and its future, and to understand the aspirations and values likely to directly impact current and future economic, political and cultural decisions&quot;...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9129/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Can you measure the American Dream? Three Xavier University business professors say they have figured out a way through the newly created American Dream Composite Index. The goal, hatched three years ago by Xavier’s business dean and the head of its center that studies the American Dream, was to find a way to place a numerical value on the dream...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/9081/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Protests make people uncomfortable. That&apos;s why protests are organized. Waking a dormant public or a lazy political infrastructure with an uncomfortably forced focus is their purpose.

The Tea Party did a magnificent job and now the Occupy Wall Street protests are percolating equally important activity. Both are non-violent and fueled by social media. Both make their targets uncomfortable. Both animate each other with their polar enthusiasms...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8986/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Xavier University’s Williams College of Business launches the American Dream Composite Index (ADCI), the only statistically validated measure of the American Dream and a predictor of future consumer behavior. Visit www.xavier.edu/adci for detailed information regarding the values of the ADCI, its dimensions, and methodology...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8844/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Researchers at Xavier University are embarking on a very ambitious project where they will index the sentiment of Americans, in other words, measure the American Dream...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8843/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[While a 2011 survey by Xavier University reported that most Americans say they have achieved the American dream personally, two thirds believe the country is in a permanent decline, and three-fourths believe it will be harder for their children and grandchildren to follow in their footsteps...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8842/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Another poll, done by the Xavier University Center for the Study of the American Dream, found that: &quot;While the majority of Americans are losing faith in the American Dream, Latinos and immigrants remain more hopeful about their prospects than people of other backgrounds&quot;...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8841/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[While the majority of Americans are losing faith in the American Dream, Latinos and immigrants remain more hopeful about their prospects than people of other backgrounds, according to 2010 research by the Xavier University Center for the Study of the American Dream...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8694/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Cincinnati  area students talk of the &quot;American Dream,&quot; who and what is shaping their dream, and their optimism—or lack of it—in realizing it… given political and economic trends. This live forum is held in conjunction with Xavier University’s Center for the Study of the American Dream...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8693/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[The downward shift in home ownership rates local - and factors that have fueled the decline - will likely result in a fundamental shift in consumer behavior, says Mike Ford, director of Xavier University&apos;s Center for the Study of the American Dream...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8692/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[A new poll from Xavier University’s Center for the Study of the American Dream finds that a solid majority of Americans polled are confident that they will or already have reached the American Dream. Sixty-three percent of respondents said they were extremely or very confident about the prospects of reaching the American Dream and only 36 percent said they were only somewhat or not confident at all...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8691/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Xavier University recently released findings from their second annual American Dream survey.  A plurality (45%) believes that the American Dream is in poor condition, and this pessimism has held steady since last year (44%).  Latinos, Immigrants and People of Color are more optimistic than the overall population...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8715/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[We don’t need to be reminded, that for many, the last couple of years have been difficult, but according to The Center For The Study Of The American Dream at Xavier University, “Despite all the negativity, Americans hold dear the belief that the Dream is still real for themselves”...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8718/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8718/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Xavier University&apos;s Center for the Study of the American Dream recently released its second annual State of the American Dream Survey, and the results, to me, were somewhat surprising...]]></description>
    
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    <title>Campaign for America&apos;s Future -- &quot;The American Dream Deferred, Pt. 1&quot;</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8716/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8716/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Langston Hughes once asked, &quot;What happens to a dream deferred?&quot;; a rhetorical question answered with still more questions. The current economic crisis raises a similar question: What&apos;s happened to the American Dream? According to a recent survey, less than one-third of us are confident of reaching &quot;the American Dream&quot;...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8717/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8717/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[From March 5-15, the Center for the Study of the American Dream (CSAD) conducted the second annual American Dream Survey. CSAD is the only center in the country that specializes in the study of the American Dream and has started appearing in national news for the work it has done...]]></description>
    
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    <title>The Huffington Post -- &quot;The American Dream Is Held Dear by Individuals; It Takes a Village to Ruin It&quot;</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8561/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8561/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[The Second Annual State of the American Dream Survey released by Xavier University&apos;s Center for the Study of the American Dream shows that Americans, and particularly immigrants, are keeping the American Dream alive, despite economic and job turmoil, three simultaneous US wars, intense institutional distrust, and natural disasters...]]></description>
    
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    <title>MSNBC: The Daily Rundown -- &quot;Tom Brokaw, Chuck Todd, and Savannah Guthrie discuss the American Dream poll from Xavier University&quot;</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8714/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8714/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Tom Brokaw, Chuck Todd, and Savannah Guthrie discuss the American Dream poll from Xavier University...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8720/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8720/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Is the American Dream still alive? Or have the parameters changed? A survey done by the Xavier University Center for the Study of the American Dream says that perceptions are changing...]]></description>
    
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    <title>MSNBC: Morning Joe -- &quot;Joe Scarborough, Pat Buchanan, etc. discuss the American Dream poll from Xavier University&quot;</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8713/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8713/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Joe Scarborough, Pat Buchanan, etc. discuss the American Dream poll from Xavier University...]]></description>
    
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    <title>The Low Down Blog -- &quot;The American Dream: Do Americans Think It Is Still Achievable&quot;</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8719/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8719/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Michael Ford at The Center for the Study of the American Dream: &quot;The Second Annual State of the American Dream released by the Center for the Study of the American Dream shows that Americans, and particularly immigrants, are keeping the American Dream alive, despite economic and job turmoil, three simultaneous US wars, intense institutional distrust, and natural disasters&quot;...]]></description>
    
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    <title>MSNBC -- &quot;Faith in the American Dream - but not much else&quot;</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8474/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8474/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[A new poll conducted for Xavier University&apos;s Center for the Study of the American Dream finds that only 23% of all American adults believe the country is headed in the right direction.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>CNN -- &quot;Ford: The American Dream is defiantly resilient&quot;</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8475/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8475/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Answering today’s six OFF-SET questions is Michael Ford, founding director of Xavier University’s Center for the Study of the American Dream.]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>U.S. News and World Report -- &quot;Fewer Confident of Reaching American Dream&quot;</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8473/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8473/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Less than one-third of Americans are confident of reaching the &quot;American Dream,&quot; and huge majorities say it will only get harder for their children and grandchildren, according to a comprehensive new survey on the American Dream...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>The Washington Times -- &quot;Institutionalized&quot;</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8476/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Uh-oh. Summon the Founding Fathers - and mothers. Get back to basics and ignore the trite distractions of partisan argument, biased press and corrosive culture. Americans have “lost faith in our nations most significant public institutions” says a new survey by the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University that even the pollsters deemed “deeply troublesome”...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Arkansas Matter.com -- &quot;The American Dream is Alive in Arkansas&quot;</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8696/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8696/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Arkansas&apos; unemployment rate has topped 7.5%. Nationwide, that jumps above 9.5%. As homes are being foreclosed is the American dream being foreclosed with them?...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Today&apos;s THV -- &quot;Defining the American Dream&quot;</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8697/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8697/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Ford was a consultant for nine presidential campaigns. He also worked with over 100 Senate and House campaigns. He then moved to the corporate world to work in banking and Internet startups. But, he left it all to return to his alma mater, Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He helped found the Center for the Study of the American Dream...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>The New York Magazine -- &quot;Is It Time to Awaken From the American Dream&quot;</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8698/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[So it should not surprise us that polling results released by Xavier University last winter showed new immigrants to be among the biggest believers in the American dream. But it ought to worry us more than it does that middle-aged Midwestern white women, according to Xavier, are among the most skeptical about it...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8699/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8699/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[&quot;&apos;It&apos;s about fear,&apos; said Michael Ford, the founding director of Xavier University&apos;s Institute for Politics and the American Dream. &apos;When you ask people about the American Dream, they all worry about whether it&apos;s lost for their children. What they&apos;ve lost confidence in is every institution that&apos;s supposed to safeguard that, the government, church, business, even sports&apos;...&quot;]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8700/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Americans are clearly distressed about an unemployment rate that hovers just below 10 percent, but our anxiety is not just about jobs. In a Xavier University poll, 60 percent of respondents said it has become harder to reach the American Dream than it was for their parents&apos; generation, and two-thirds said it will be even harder for their children...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8701/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[It&apos;s easy to make depressing statistics the story. About two-thirds of Americans said in March that they think it will be harder for their children and grandchildren to reach the American dream than it was for them, according to a Xavier University poll. But the same share expressed confidence that they have reached, or will reach, the American dream in their lifetime...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8702/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[From his 35-year career in politics, Michael Ford knows that talking about the American Dream is a sure way to get a roomful of people to nod their heads, no matter what their politics, age or income level...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8703/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8703/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[The recent State of the American Dream Survey by Xavier University&apos;s Institute for Politics and the American Dream shows a predictable overall decline of faith that the American Dream can be achieved in our time...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <title>Xavier News &amp;amp; Events -- Institute Award First Two Gilligan Scholarships</title>
    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8704/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Xavier University Institute for Politics and the American Dream is awarding its first two $2,500 Gov. John J. Gilligan scholarships on Thursday, April 8, at a special recognition dinner on campus...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8705/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[The American Dream is in trouble. That&apos;s according to a study released last month by the Institute for Politics and the American Dream at Ohio&apos;s Xavier University. Sixty percent of the people the institute polled believe it&apos;s harder for them to reach the American Dream than it was for their parents...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8706/3079/no</link>
    <guid>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8706/3079/no</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Not surprisingly, people&apos;s attitudes have changed. For instance, in the past when Ohio&apos;s Xavier University&apos;s Institute for Politics and the American Dream surveyed consumers for its--American Dream Survey,--people described their American dream as becoming richer and providing a better future for their children...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8707/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Into this gloomy environment, Xavier University’s Institute for Politics and the American Dream last week plopped down a different kind of study...]]></description>
    
    <pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/8711/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[This being America, somebody has taken a State of the American Dream Survey. Xavier University in Cincinnati revealed Monday that three of every five Americans believe reaching the American Dream is harder than it was for their parents...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[In phone interviews with 1,000 adults, Xavier University found that a clear majority of Americans feel that things are much worse off now than they were a generation ago, and that they will only continue to decline...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[A new survey released by Xavier University found the majority of parents believe their children and grandchildren may never have a chance to live the American Dream...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[The American Dream is a concept that&apos;s had a rough go for the past few years. A new survey shows that nearly two-thirds of Americans don&apos;t think that dream can become reality...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[The American dream may be in trouble but don’t tell that to Cory MacPherson, a senior at Wright State University, or Emily Wilhelm, a freshman at the University of Dayton. MacPherson and Wilhelm are going against the grain of an unusual national survey released on Tuesday, March 16, by the Institute for Politics and the American Dream at Xavier University in Cincinnati...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[According to a new poll from Xavier University, pessimism about the future is pervading our culture: Only 23 percent said it will be easier for the next generation to achieve the American Dream, while 68 percent said it will harder...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[This is an indicator of the foul mood of the American public. In a poll performed by Xavier University, more people surveyed were pessimistic about the next generation achieving “the American dream” than optimistic...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[A new survey published today by Xavier University reveals that Americans believe “The American Dream” is now harder to attain than ever before...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[According to a poll by Xavier University, 67% of American say they can still achieve the American Dream in their lifetimes...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Xavier University (OH) has released a poll today on the American Dream -- conducted by pollster Paul Maslin (D) -- that shows plenty of pessimism from the public: 60% think that reaching the American Dream is harder than it was for their parents&apos; generation...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Most U.S. residents feel they can reach the “American dream,” according to a poll from the Xavier Institute for Politics and the American Dream at Xavier University. But they think it’s getting harder to achieve and will be worse for their children and grandchildren...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[&quot;A majority now believes, after the end of the so-called American Century and victory in the Cold War, that the world is looking elsewhere in terms of future success or direction&quot;...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[White Americans are by far more pessimistic about the country’s future than racial minorities, according to a new poll released Monday that studied attitudes about “the American Dream.”]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[The &quot;American Dream&quot; means different things to different people, but according to a new poll from Xavier University Americans think it is increasingly harder to attain, even as they say hard work makes the dream possible...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[The American Dream is in trouble, according to the inaugural State of the American Dream Survey, a first-of-its-kind poll from Xavier University’s Institute for Politics and the American Dream. The survey reveals that people are losing faith in the American Dream, with a majority believing that it is increasingly out of reach and that America is in decline...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Midwesterners are the most pessimistic in the nation about the American Dream according to the first-ever survey of how Americans view the American Dream conducted by Xavier University’s Institute for Politics and the American Dream. The Institute commissioned the qualitative and quantitative public opinion research firm Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz &amp;amp; Associates to administer the inaugural State of the American Dream Survey™...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[Xavier University survey finds 60% say it is harder to realize than before, 58% think country is in decline...]]></description>
    
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    <link>http://www.xavier.edu/americandream/news/7612/3079/no</link>
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    <description><![CDATA[Xavier University--already steeling itself for the shellacking the Golden Gophers will put on it this Friday--has an Institute for Politics and the American Dream has just released their first American Dream Study(TM)*...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[As we gear up for an election season, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that, for most people, politics is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Xavier University’s new Institute for Politics and the American Dream is releasing its inaugural survey on the state of the American Dream, something it plans to make an annual exercise...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[The Xavier University Center for the Study of the American Dream, along with WLWT is hosting a gambling debate on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. in the Cintas Center on the Xavier University campus...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[The Xavier Center for the Study of the American Dream is teaming up with Invest in Neighborhoods Inc. to conduct a Cincinnati City Council candidate forum on behalf of community councils on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7:00 p.m., in the Cintas Center on the Xavier University campus...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[On Sept. 17, 1787, 39 brave men signed a document that would change the course of history. The Xavier University Center for the Study of the American Dream hosted a Constitution Day event to celebrate their legacy and raise the prestige of the public on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 4:00 p.m. in the Gallagher Student Center...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[A group of former Cincinnati mayors sat down Wednesday to map out the future of the city...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[The Xavier University Institute for Politics and Public Life, along with WLWT-TV, is hosting a free former Cincinnati mayors forum on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. in the Conaton Board Room in Schmidt Hall on Xavier’s campus...]]></description>
    
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    <description><![CDATA[The Xavier University Center for the Study of the American Dream hosted best-selling author and former Nixon advisor Kevin Phillips on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. in the Schiff Conference Center of Xavier’s Cintas Center. This event was free and open to the public...]]></description>
    
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