This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recently, a report on Public School Choice, the program that gave outside operators and inside innovators an opportunity to take over schools in Los Angeles Unified, reminded us of why it’s difficult to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Environmentalists have talked for decades about the value of the clean air, clean water, biodiversity and other “services” provided by nature. Now comes the fullest accounting to date of actual…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When I joined Ashford University, I was asked to create a master’s program in managing information systems. The program is focused on students who are mid-career IT folks looking to take…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women have been fighting for equal rights for generations, for the right to vote, the right to control our bodies and the right to equality in the workplace. And these battles have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a second generation family member, former entrepreneur, and the professional head of our family’s philanthropic umbrella, I oversee both our established portfolio of grants as well as our growing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A framework has been created to help business to embrace ambitious, purpose-led, courageous leadership to shape the economy, instead of merely responding to problems. The innovative guide has emerged from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just days after a gunman walked onto campus and killed 17 people, Parkland, Florida student Emma Gonzalez took the podium in Fort Lauderdale with fervor. In a high-profile speech to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past 10-15 years, entrepreneurs, impact investors, incubators and accelerators, foundations, development banks, major donors, and even some large-scale corporations have been working hard to reach those living at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Tuesday, Philanthropy University, a nonprofit education initiative that offers free online courses for social changemakers, is launching its new platform, the organization exclusively shared with Devex. What sets this organization…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In rural El Salvador, a family living on $1.90 a day might live in a makeshift house with dirt floors, thin walls, and no running water. But next year, dozens…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The RoundPier community is a global one and our new Spotlight covers Barrington Chungulo, an African student who now calls Turkey home. He is pursuing a Chemical Engineering degree on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The benefits of women’s leadership, and their very presence, in the economy are becoming more widely known. The opportunity in 2018 is capturing those benefits with a new set of…