The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
Harnessing the wind: A strategy for HBCU campus and community development
English Summary
The Brookings report argues that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are vital engines of economic mobility and regional wealth, yet their development is severely constrained by systemic investment frameworks. Despite generating billions in annual economic impact, HBCUs are structurally undercapitalized compared to peer institutions, primarily due to restrictive 'capital design' and historical disinvestment. The analysis concludes that the core problem is not institutional vision, but the policy and financial mechanisms that treat HBCUs as marginal assets. Therefore, policy reform must shift the perception of HBCUs from charitable causes to undervalued, essential assets, requiring structural interventions in public investment and development finance to unlock campus and community growth.
中文摘要
布魯金斯智庫的報告指出，歷史黑人學院大學（HBCUs）是推動經濟流動性和區域財富的關鍵引擎，但其發展卻受到系統性投資框架的嚴重限制。儘管HBCUs每年能產生數十億美元的經濟影響，但與同類機構相比，它們在結構上資本不足，主要歸因於限制性的「資本設計」和歷史性的資金剝奪。分析結論認為，核心問題並非機構的願景，而是將HBCUs視為邊緣資產的政策和金融機制。因此，政策改革必須改變HBCUs的認知，將其從慈善事業提升為被低估的關鍵資產，這需要對公共投資和發展金融進行結構性介入，才能釋放校園和社區的增長潛力。
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