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Three Lessons Businesses Can Learn from Uber’s Collecting and Reporting Sexual Assault Data Uber released their first US Safety Report, which includes a focus on sexual assault occurring on their platform.Tech-Enhanced Instruction May Help College Students Succeed—But There Is More to Learn A new Urban Institute report finds potential for technology-enhanced instruction, but the results do not hold in community colleges.New Mortgage Data Show Business Borrowing Is Key to Affordable Multifamily Housing Newly released HMDA data reveal three important facts about multifamily lending.Evaluating Proposed Changes to Pell Grants Policymakers and advocates are taking two varying approaches to reform the federal Pell grant program.Comparing State Housing Markets through Customizable Data Visualization Looking only at national housing trends can mask differences across states.To Make “Smart Cities” More Inclusive, Leaders Need Better Tools and Data Critics of smart city technology argue that rapidly integrating technology in all aspects of government can exacerbate cities’ existing inequalities.