This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Vox highlights a way to tell if your university may be using the controversial technology of facial recognition. • What are the potential hurdles that come along…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Louise Donovan reports that across Kenya, students are starting to speak out and challenge sexual harassment which they say plagues the country’s campuses. • How do college…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Research from MDRC reveals that a program in Ohio successfully increased community college graduation rates. • How can this successful program be replicated elsewhere? What improvements…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Sydney Johnson discusses the rise of income-share agreements at colleges and explains how five different schools have implemented this tuition-financing option for students. · How can income-share…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Madeline Brown and Lauren Eyster at Urban Institute highlight three community colleges that are accelerating student learning and increasing completion rates. • How can donors support initiatives to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • According to a recent poll from Gallup, about half of U.S. adults think having a college education is “very important.’ • The decrease was more pronounced…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Melissa Fries explains that financial literacy can prevent students -especially low-income students – from accruing unmanageable student debt. • How can financial literacy lessons be inserted…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Allana Akhtar and Hillary Hoffower give 9 mind-blowing statistics about the student-debt crisis’ impact on black borrowers as compared to white students. • How can funders best help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mikhail Zinshteyn reports that a study found that “corequisite courses” can successfully fill the role that remedial education has historically attempted and failed to fill. • How…
Giving Compass’ Take: • EdSurge discusses a homecoming video from the University of Wisconsin which brought to light the issue of campus diversity. • What are the possible underlying reasons for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A report published by the New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy revealed that there have been more Title IX lawsuits in which state courts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Using predictive analytics, Dara Byrne, administrator at John Jay College for Criminal Justice, investigated why so many older college seniors were not able to graduate and offered…