独立、中立、多元---美国卡托研究所

Independent%2C Neutral and Pluralistic ----the Cato Institute in the United States

卡托研究所是美国一个公共政策研究机构，同时也是一个致力于个人自由、有 限政府、自由市场以及和平原则的智库。美国宾夕法尼亚大学公布的《2013年全球智库报告》 关于教育政策领域的顶级智库排名中，卡托研究所（Cato Institute)名列第二，2014年名列第 四。在美国全球发展中心（The Center for Global Development )的智库性能指数中排名第一， 排名由绩效指标确定，如：媒体影响力、学术引用、网络使用等等。卡托研究所的学者进行 的是独立的、无党派的、广泛的政策问题研究。本刊特约记者通过文献法和访谈法等多种途 径，从该智库的运行概况、研究重点等几个方面进行呈现，以期对我国教育智库建设和发展 有所启示。

Cato Institute is a public policy institute in the United States， and also a think-tank which is committed to individual liberty， limited government， free markets and the principle of peace. In the University of Pennsylvania’s《2013 Global Go To Think Tanks Report》on top think-tank ranking of education policy， the Cato Institute ranked the second， and in 2014 the fourth. In the Think Tank Performance Index of the Center for Global Development in US， it is ranked the first. The ranking is determined by performance indicators， such as: media influence， academic references， Internet use and so on. Scholars of the Cato Institute conduct independent， nonpartisan and extensive studies on policy issues. Through literature and interview method and other ways， our special correspondent gives his description of the general running of the Think Tank and the research focus on several issues， in order to help the construction and development of an education think-tank in China.