Talk:Aspen Institute

Cleanup tags
I've added the advert and Not verified tags, as the article reads like a brochure, including but not by any means limited to:
 * common ground and deeper understanding in a nonpartisan and nonideological setting
 * The Institute supports 20 policy programs and partnerships directed by leading policymakers and practitioners
 * 'While each is unique in substance and approach, Aspen Institute policy programs all share a common mission and methodology. Each serves as an impartial forum for proven leaders in a given field bringing a diversity of perspectives together in pursuit of informed dialogue and effective action.''

I haven't gone to the institutes's website, but based on the lack of citations, I suspect much of it is copied verbatim. --98.204.112.111 (talk) 03:47, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I'd add that while the Institute may well be "non-partisan," there is no evidence to support its claim of "non ideological," and plenty of evidence to the contrary on their web site cited above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.252.111.108 (talk) 19:41, 3 November 2017 (UTC)

And the tags are gone. What a surprise. I came here just to check on that, because "a nonpartisan forum for values-based leadership and the exchange of ideas." is certainly not encyclopedic, but simple ad copy. But that's how how neoliberal masters work. --jae (talk) 21:09, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

The advert tag seems to have been removed in this edit in 2009 by an IP address whose edit history looks almost entirely connected with figures in Washington, DC, particularly the President of the Aspen Institute, Walter Isaacson. I'm not going to reinstate the tag myself because I'm not trying to start an edit war, but I do think this issue needs attention. For an encyclopedic article to claim that an entity--any entity, to say nothing of a well-funded think tank such as this--could be "nonideological" is laughable. You don't need to major in political science to know that. 2600:8806:4201:3A00:831:8C97:238D:8517 (talk) 19:14, 18 March 2021 (UTC)

Aspen Institute names top 120 community colleges
I'm just parking this list here to assist in updating these articles:


 * Alabama
 * Enterprise-Ozark Community College in Enterprise, AL
 * George C. Wallace State Community College-Hanceville in Hanceville, AL
 * Northeast Alabama Community College in Rainsville, AL


 * Arizona
 * Cochise College in Douglas, AZ
 * Estrella Mountain Community College in Avondale, AZ


 * Arkansas
 * Arkansas State University-Beebe in Beebe, AR


 * California
 * Coastline Community College in Fountain Valley, CA
 * Santa Barbara City College in Santa Barbara, CA
 * Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, CA
 * San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, CA
 * Mt San Antonio College in Walnut, CA


 * Colorado
 * Trinidad State Junior College in Trinidad, CO


 * Florida
 * South Florida Community College in Avon Park, FL
 * Brevard Community College in Cocoa, FL
 * Daytona State College in Daytona Beach, FL
 * Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, FL
 * Santa Fe College in Gainesville, FL
 * Lake City Community College in Lake City, FL
 * Lake-Sumter Community College in Leesburg, FL
 * Chipola College in Marianna, FL
 * Miami Dade College in Miami, FL
 * Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, FL
 * Central Florida Community College in Ocala, FL
 * Valencia Community College in Orlando, FL
 * Saint Johns River Community College in Palatka, FL
 * Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, FL


 * Georgia
 * Augusta Technical College in Augusta, GA


 * Illinois
 * Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg, IL
 * Rend Lake College in Ina, IL
 * Lake Land College in Mattoon, IL
 * Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Olney Central College in Olney, IL
 * Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, IL


 * Iowa
 * Northeast Iowa Community College-Calmar in Calmar, IA
 * Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, IA
 * Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon, IA


 * Kansas
 * Salina Area Technical College in Salina, KS
 * Cowley County Community College in Arkansas City, KS
 * North Central Kansas Technical College in Beloit, KS
 * Flint Hills Technical College in Emporia, KS
 * Garden City Community College in Garden City, KS
 * Northwest Kansas Technical College in Goodland, KS
 * Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, KS
 * Manhattan Area Technical College in Manhattan, KS


 * Kentucky
 * Ashland Community and Technical College in Ashland, KY
 * Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College in Cumberland, KY
 * Hazard Community and Technical College in Hazard, KY
 * Madisonville Community College in Madisonville, KY
 * Maysville Community and Technical College in Maysville, KY
 * West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah, KY
 * Big Sandy Community and Technical College in Prestonsburg, KY
 * Somerset Community College in Somerset, KY


 * Maine
 * Washington County Community College in Calais, ME
 * Kennebec Valley Community College in Fairfield, ME


 * Michigan
 * Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek, MI
 * Macomb Community College in Warren, MI
 * Mott Community College in Flint, MI
 * Gogebic Community College in Ironwood, MI
 * Delta College in University Center, MI


 * Minnesota
 * Alexandria Technical College in Alexandria, MN
 * Central Lakes College-Brainerd in Brainerd, MN
 * Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Fergus Falls, MN
 * Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Granite Falls, MN


 * Mississippi
 * East Central Community College in Decatur, MS
 * Mississippi Delta Community College in Moorhead, MS
 * Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston, MS
 * Pearl River Community College in Poplarville, MS
 * Hinds Community College in Raymond, MS


 * Missouri
 * Metropolitan Community College-Business & Technology in Kansas City, MO
 * Linn State Technical College in Linn, MO
 * Crowder College in Neosho, MO
 * Ozarks Technical Community College in Springfield, MO
 * North Central Missouri College in Trenton, MO
 * Missouri State University-West Plains in West Plains, MO


 * Montana
 * Fort Belknap College in Harlem, MT
 * Chief Dull Knife College in Lame Deer, MT
 * Miles Community College in Miles City, MT


 * Nebraska
 * Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis, NE
 * Southeast Community College Area in Lincoln, NE
 * Northeast Community College in Norfolk, NE


 * New Mexico
 * Navajo Technical College in Crownpoint, NM


 * New York
 * CUNY Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, NY
 * Erie Community College in Buffalo, NY
 * SUNY College of Technology at Canton in Canton, NY
 * Corning Community College in Corning, NY
 * Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, NY
 * Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, NY
 * Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY


 * North Carolina
 * Surry Community College in Dobson, NC
 * Coastal Carolina Community College in Jacksonville, NC
 * James Sprunt Community College in Kenansville, NC
 * Cleveland Community College in Shelby, NC
 * Davidson County Community College in Thomasville, NC


 * Ohio
 * Lorain County Community College in Elyria, OH


 * Oklahoma
 * Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology-Okmulgee in Okmulgee, OK
 * Carl Albert State College in Poteau, OK
 * Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, OK


 * Pennsylvania
 * Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Lancaster, PA


 * South Carolina
 * University of South Carolina-Union in Union, SC


 * South Dakota
 * Mitchell Technical Institute in Mitchell, SD
 * Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown, SD


 * Texas
 * Alvin Community College in Alvin, TX
 * Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, TX
 * Lee College in Baytown, TX
 * Blinn College in Brenham, TX
 * Texas State Technical College-West Texas in Sweetwater, TX
 * Texarkana College in Texarkana, TX
 * Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde, TX
 * Victoria College in Victoria, TX
 * Wharton County Junior College in Wharton, TX


 * Utah
 * Snow College in Ephraim, UT


 * Virginia
 * Wytheville Community College in Wytheville, VA


 * Washington
 * Pierce College at Fort Steilacoom in Lakewood, WA
 * Spokane Falls Community College in Spokane, WA
 * Spokane Community College in Spokane, WA
 * Walla Walla Community College in Walla Walla, WA


 * West Virginia
 * Carver Career Center in Charleston, WV
 * Bridgemont Community and Technical College in Montgomery, WV


 * Wisconsin
 * Moraine Park Technical College in Fond du Lac, WI
 * Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in Green Bay, WI
 * Milwaukee Area Technical College in Milwaukee, WI

"Red Link" pointing to "Wye River Conference Centers"
References (here in this section) to specific parts of this article, are based upon the current version of this article ("as of" 10:28, 26 October 2015‎), which is also known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=Aspen_Institute&oldid=687611648 this] version.

By the time you read this, that might no longer be the current ["latest"] version of the article -- so, some things may have changed.

There is a "Red-Link" in the article, pointing to "Wye River Conference Centers". It is located in the "History" section of the article ("Aspen_Institute").

I intend to fix that, but first I would like to get some advice (or "consensus") about which method would be best.

Two methods that I could think of:
 * 1) Just change the WikiText that now says"' Wye River Conference Centers '" to instead say "' Aspen Institute Wye River Conference Centers ';" OR: 
 * 2) Instead, create a new "#redirect" page, which would have a NAME of"'Wye River Conference Centers'," and would "#redirect" to [the (already) "existing" article]"'Aspen Institute Wye River Conference Centers'."

"NOTE" that the first option would NOT require creating any new articles, nor any new pages in "article space";

On the other hand, maybe this red link was "created" when there was a "rename" that occurred, without fixing all of the "resulting" red links, either by (a) creating a "#redirect" page, or by (b) editing each of the "from" articles still containing links to the "OLD name" -- (and apparently there is at least one of them!: ... namely, this article!)

IMHO, if this red link was "created" by the occurrence of such a "rename", then [indeed] the second option might "be less work" ... so, maybe it would "make sense".

Any other ideas? OR, any "votes" for #1 or #2? OR, any other "comments"? :-) ! Thanks, --Mike Schwartz (talk) 21:00, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Graph colors
Someone should consider changing the colors of the revenue/expenses graphs. Most notably the expenses graph. It uses all different shades of blue, which not only is very difficult to decipher for a normal-sighted user, but it would be virtually impossible for colorblind users. 72.24.140.235 (talk) 00:39, 30 September 2022 (UTC)