This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Beth Hawkins reports that in New Orleans, at KIPP Renaissance High School, juniors are taking classes with professors from Bard College to gain extra college credit and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Rebecca Koenig at EdSurge talks about Edquity, an app that aims to help college students who are facing poverty and hunger. • How can schools tailor programs to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Nontraditional learners can teach us three things about the necessity of education-to-career pathways. • How are you supporting innovation in education that contributes to the growth and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · Russell Lowery-Hart, president of Amarillo College in Texas, discusses the challenges many students face including poverty and homelessness and how colleges can provide for these students. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • John Broderick shares how Old Dominion University has successfully worked to improve students’ social mobility. • How can funders help to spread best practices for increasing social mobility? …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Jill Barshay discusses the failure of the Texas 10% policy to increase diversity at flagship universities and the barriers to entry for underrepresented groups. • Barshay points…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joe Pinsker at The Atlantic interviews anthropologist professor Caitlin Zaloom about what the system of paying for college is doing to families, as well as what might make higher…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How do you define philanthropy? For me, philanthropy is about connections and awareness. One reason to be philanthropic is to help build awareness of causes and issues that people need…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Career services are starting to change as new models emerge that bridge the gap for students and young professionals to provide access to specific careers. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Wayne D’Orio explains that colleges’ efforts to improve the teacher pipeline to address the teacher shortage have fallen short in part because of low pay. • How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Amanda Ripley examines data from the 2018 Education at a Glance report and finds that the price of a college degree in the U.S. is so high,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · New research from the Southern Regional Education Board shows an 11% decline in community college enrollment between 2012 and 2017, raising concerns about lower-skilled workers and workforce preparedness.…