Paul Schofer is president and chief executive officer of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, a position he has held since June 2014. In this role, Schofer has leadership and oversight responsibilities for all aspects of the Kauffman Center’s operations, assets, and finances. Prior to being appointed to his current position, Schofer spent approximately two […]

Wendy Guillies writes that to create equitable, comprehensive, and sustainable change, we must first listen, develop shared knowledge, and bring people together.

Our readers weigh in on the lessons of 2020 and how they are thinking about the world of 2021 and beyond.

Our readers take stock of how last year has impacted our lives and their worldviews.

This brief explores the movement of establishments within the United States by calculating an interstate establishment mobility ratio. Establishment mobility reflects the overall movement of establishments across states, and includes establishments in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors.

Betsy Hodges, former Mayor of Minneapolis and expert in local anti-racism policies, with mayors and experts explored policies that explicitly address racial justice in systemic ways. The conversation ranged from specific policies to understanding how systems can affect people in unseen and insidious ways. Join us for a deeper understanding of how local policy, systems, and racial bias prevent economic inclusion and how some leaders are talking the problem head on.

How is diversity and inclusion relevant to knowledge creation and research? Various studies indicate that researchers' positionality – the various identities they hold – has a substantial impact on not only research topics, but also the theories and methods that scholars develop and use.

In 2020, the Kauffman Foundation selected 17 organizations from across the region to receive funding through the Heartland Challenge. This portfolio of grantees worked to solve for specific challenges entrepreneurs in the region face, and participated in facilitated, peer-learning communities of practice to share knowledge across the region. Grantees worked in one of the three […]

Economic development incentives aimed at attracting companies to a region have been a defining feature of many regional economic growth strategies. Are they worth it?

Fellows bring their experience, expand their familiarity with the local education system, and answer the call for effective advocacy.