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Today we look at聽citizen confidence聽in a young Arab democracy,聽high-stakes symbolism in a U.S. state election, relief (and kinship) on a battered coast, a global accounting of a humanitarian concern, and a bold push for engagement with women鈥檚 sports.听

First, a look at three efforts to promote the exchange of perspectives.

Scholars have long endorsed . Now more colleges want to fuel that flow by discouraging students from using social media to over-engineer their choice of roommate. Risk may rise with random pairings. So can rewards.听 聽

鈥淎s campus administrators have long argued, people (ought to) attend college not only to get a degree,鈥� , 鈥渂ut also to transcend their comfort zone 鈥� by engaging with people, disciplines, and ideas that diverge from what they are used to.鈥澛�

That鈥檚 no less important when students shift into 鈥渟ervice years.鈥� One response: a pilot program in San Jose, California, that encourages empty nesters to make room for housing-hungry kids whose stipends can鈥檛 cover rent, but who can provide companionship and exchange views.听聽

鈥淚t鈥檚 kind of a perfect, natural fit,鈥� .听

And in the workplace, an 鈥渙pen hiring鈥� ethos may be broadening. Greyston began as a bakery in Yonkers, New York. Last summer it became a center for promoting a leap-of-faith style of hiring that minimizes traditional tripping points like criminal records or a need for life-skills coaching 鈥� and deepens workplace diversity.听

鈥淲e鈥檝e gotten a lot of inbound interest,鈥� . Fifteen organizations, including Unilever and NYU鈥檚 Stern School of Business, have signed on.