Tuesday, September 27, 2011
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...
Monday, August 15, 2011
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...
Monday, July 18, 2011
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...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Another poll, done by the Xavier University Center for the Study of the American Dream, found that: "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"...
Thursday, July 7, 2011
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...
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Cincinnati area students talk of the "American Dream," 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...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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's Center for the Study of the American Dream...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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...
Thursday, April 28, 2011
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...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
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”...
Friday, April 15, 2011
Xavier University'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...
Friday, April 15, 2011
Langston Hughes once asked, "What happens to a dream deferred?"; a rhetorical question answered with still more questions. The current economic crisis raises a similar question: What's happened to the American Dream? According to a recent survey, less than one-third of us are confident of reaching "the American Dream"...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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...
Friday, April 1, 2011
The Second Annual State of the American Dream Survey released by Xavier University'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...
Friday, April 1, 2011
Tom Brokaw, Chuck Todd, and Savannah Guthrie discuss the American Dream poll from Xavier University...
Friday, April 1, 2011
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...
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Joe Scarborough, Pat Buchanan, etc. discuss the American Dream poll from Xavier University...
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Michael Ford at The Center for the Study of the American Dream: "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"...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
A new poll conducted for Xavier University'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.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Answering today’s six OFF-SET questions is Michael Ford, founding director of Xavier University’s Center for the Study of the American Dream.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Less than one-third of Americans are confident of reaching the "American Dream," and huge majorities say it will only get harder for their children and grandchildren, according to a comprehensive new survey on the American Dream...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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”...
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Arkansas' 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?...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
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...
Friday, November 5, 2010
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...
