Strategic Issues Program
Panel Reports
Reports by Strategic Issues Panels
DU's Strategic Issues Program engages academic and professional experts and thoughtful advocates to present to its panels. Speakers provide in-depth knowledge of the subject matter. As the sources of information from which the Strategic Issues Panel will draw its findings and recommendations, presenters obviously play a key role in the process.
Immigration
Immigration remains one of this country's most difficult and politically-charged issues. It is also one of the most important. Immigration affects our national security, shapes the fabric of our society and impacts our economic future. Few topics are more consequential?and few have been more resistant to resolution. The 2009 panel on immigration makes a series of recommendations for comprehensive immigration reform in its report:
As you read this report, you will find that in spite of the many dimensions of the issue and the disparate perspectives brought to the table by the panel members, a thoughtful, fact based approach did indeed bring consensus. We hope that the work of the panel and the ideas presented in this report will stimulate similarly civil, thoughtful, fact-based debate among the public at large and its representatives in government, such that this broader conversation might lead to a consensus for action.
The Future of Colorado's Constitution
The most serious constitutional issues facing Colorado involve conflicting provisions, the unintended consequences of amendments, and unchangeable policies frozen within the constitution. Each of these conditions frustrates the ability of policy makers to respond to changing times and meet the diverse needs of Colorado's citizens, businesses and other organizations.
Colorado's Water Future
In order to protect the demands on Colorado?s water supply, we must begin today to address problems forecasted 20 years and more into the future.
Colorado's Economic Future
The 2005 panel examined in detail the fiscal and economic characteristics of the state as a whole. As the panel studied a broad range of issues affected by economic policy, it became apparent that rebuilding public trust and improving the process used for public decision-making and governance are fundamental to the long-term success of Colorado.
- Final Report: Principles for Progress - Shaping the Economic Future of Colorado
- Preliminary Report: Promise in Peril - The Economic Future of Colorado